cancer

/ˈkænsər/ noun [C, U]

Translation

› a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal

kanser

breast/lung cancer His wife died of cancer.297

cancerous adjective ›

kanserli

a cancerous growth

(Definition of cancer noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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