имя существительное 1) [медицина] рак Например: to develop cancer — заболевать раком breast cancer — рак груди colon / colorectal cancer — рак кишечника larynx cancer — рак гортани liver cancer — рак печени lung cancer — рак лёгких metastatic cancer — рак с метастазами pancreas cancer — рак поджелудочной железы prostate cancer — рак предстательной железы rectal cancer — рак прямой кишки skin cancer — рак кожи stomach cancer — рак желудка inoperable cancer — неоперабельная форма рака terminal cancer — последняя стадия рака cancer metastasizes / spreads — метастазы Синоним(ы): neoplasm 2) беда, бедствие Синоним(ы): sore, evil 3) (Cancer) [астрономия] Рак (созвездие) 4) (Cancer) [астрология] Рак а) знак зодиака б) человек, рождённый под знаком Рака
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (genitive Cancri), literally, crab; akin to Greek karkinos crab, cancer 1. capitalized a. a northern zodiacal constellation between Gemini and Leo b. (1) the fourth sign of the zodiac in astrology — see zodiac table (2) one born under the sign of Cancer 2. [Latin, crab, cancer] a. a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis b. an abnormal bodily state marked by such tumors 3. something evil or malignant that spreads destructively Example: the cancer of hidden resentment — Irish Digest 4. a. an enlarged tumorlike plant growth (as that of crown gall) b. a plant disease marked by such growths • cancerous adjective • cancerously adverb