Ulcer vs. Cancer

Ulcernoun

(pathology) An open sore of the skin, eyes or mucous membrane, often caused by an initial abrasion and generally maintained by an inflammation and/or an infection.

Ulcernoun

(pathology) Peptic ulcer.

Ulcernoun

(figurative) Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulcernoun

A solution of continuity in any of the soft parts of the body, discharging purulent matter, found on a surface, especially one of the natural surfaces of the body, and originating generally in a constitutional disorder; a sore discharging pus. It is distinguished from an abscess, which has its beginning, at least, in the depth of the tissues.

Ulcernoun

Fig.: Anything that festers and corrupts like an open sore; a vice in character.

Ulcerverb

To ulcerate.

Ulcernoun

a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

Ulcer

An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes normal function of the affected organ. According to Robins's pathology, Common forms of ulcers recognized in medicine include: Ulcer (dermatology), a discontinuity of the skin or a break in the skin.

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.