Cancer vs. Tumor

Cancernoun

A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

Cancernoun

(figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

Cancernoun

A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

Cancernoun

The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.

Cancernoun

Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework.

Cancernoun

any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

Cancernoun

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

Cancernoun

a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

Cancernoun

the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

Cancernoun

type genus of the family Cancridae

Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread.

Tumornoun

An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Tumornoun

A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.

Tumornoun

Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.

Tumornoun

an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose