"cancer" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkænsə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæːnsə/ [General-Australian], /ˈkænsɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-cancer.ogg [US], En-uk-cancer.ogg [UK] Forms: more cancer [comparative], most cancer [superlative]
Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=turn}}, {{bor|en|la|cancer||crab}} Latin cancer (“crab”), {{calque|la|grc|καρκίνος||crab; ulcer; cancer|nocap=1|nocat=1}} calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), {{doublet|en|canker|chancre}} Doublet of canker and chancre Head templates: {{en-adj}} cancer (comparative more cancer, superlative most cancer)
  1. (slang) Extremely unpleasant and annoying. Tags: slang Synonyms: cancerous [slang], AIDS [slang] Related terms: benignancy (alt: benignity), leukemia, lymphoma, malignancy, melanoma
    Sense id: en-cancer-en-adj-sMMgsPJP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 44 10

Noun

IPA: /ˈkænsə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæːnsə/ [General-Australian], /ˈkænsɚ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-cancer.ogg [US], En-uk-cancer.ogg [UK] Forms: cancers [plural]
Rhymes: -ænsə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), a calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”) (possibly cognate), applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of canker and chancre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)ker-|id=turn}}, {{bor|en|la|cancer||crab}} Latin cancer (“crab”), {{calque|la|grc|καρκίνος||crab; ulcer; cancer|nocap=1|nocat=1}} calque of Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab; ulcer; cancer”), {{doublet|en|canker|chancre}} Doublet of canker and chancre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cancer (countable and uncountable, plural cancers)
  1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases, Medicine, Oncology Synonyms (disease): malignancy Hypernyms (disease): growth, tumor, neoplasia, neoplasm Hyponyms (See also): Derived terms denoting types Hyponyms (carcinoma): adenocarcinoma Hyponyms (sarcoma): lymphosarcoma Translations (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation): kanker (Afrikaans), uriq i zi [masculine] (Albanian), kancer [masculine] (Albanian), ካንሰር (kansär) (Amharic), καρκίνος (karkínos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), سَرَطَان (saraṭān) [masculine] (Arabic), cáncer [masculine] (Aragonese), քաղցկեղ (kʻaġcʻkeġ) (Armenian), խլիրդ (xlird) (Armenian), কৰ্কট (korkot) (Assamese), কৰ্কট ৰোগ (korkot rüg) (Assamese), cáncer [masculine] (Asturian), xərçəng (Azerbaijani), minbizi (Basque), рак (rak) [masculine] (Belarusian), злая́касная пухлі́на (zlajákasnaja puxlína) [feminine] (Belarusian), ক্যান্সার (kênśar) (Bengali), কর্কটরোগ (korkṭorōg) (Bengali), krign-bev [masculine] (Breton), krankr [masculine] (Breton), рак (rak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), злока́чествен ту́мор (zlokáčestven túmor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကင်ဆာရောဂါ (kanghcarau:ga) (Burmese), ကင်ဆာ (kanghca) (Burmese), càncer [masculine] (Catalan), شێرپەنجە (şêrpence) (Central Kurdish), ᎠᏓᏰᏍᎩ (adayesgi) (Cherokee), (ngaam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 癌症 (english: ngaam⁴ zing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 癌症 (áizhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), rakovina [feminine] (Czech), kræft [common-gender] (Danish), ކެންސަރު (ken̊saru) (Dhivehi), kanker [masculine] (Dutch), цюци (ćući) (Erzya), kancero (Esperanto), vähktõbi (Estonian), krabbamein [neuter] (Faroese), krabbi [masculine] (Faroese), syöpä (Finnish), cancer [masculine] (French), cancar [masculine] (Friulian), cancro [masculine] (Galician), cáncer [masculine] (Galician), კიბო (ḳibo) (Georgian), Krebs [masculine] (German), καρκίνος (karkínos) [masculine] (Greek), kræfti (Greenlandic), કર્કરોગ (karkarog) (Gujarati), סַרְטָן (sartán) [masculine] (Hebrew), कर्कट (karkaṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), कैंसर (kainsar) [masculine] (Hindi), कर्कट रोग (karkaṭ rog) [masculine] (Hindi), rák (Hungarian), krabbamein [neuter] (Icelandic), krabbi [colloquial, masculine] (Icelandic), kancero (Ido), puurâs (Inari Sami), kanker (Indonesian), raakka (Ingrian), cancere (Interlingua), nauruaq pigiitchuaq (Inupiaq), ailse [feminine] (Irish), cancro [masculine] (Italian), (gan) (alt: がん) (Japanese), ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦲꦪꦭ꧀ (puru ayal) (Javanese), гүлгн (gülgn) (Kalmyk), ಅರ್ಬುದ (arbuda) (Kannada), ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ (kyānsar) (Kannada), обыр (obyr) (Kazakh), қатерлі ісік (qaterlı ısık) (Kazakh), កង់ស៊ែរ (kɑngsɛɛ) (Khmer), មហារីក (mɔhaariik) (Khmer), (am) (alt: ) (Korean), рак (rak) (Kyrgyz), ມະເຮັງ (ma heng) (Lao), cancer [masculine] (Latin), vēzis [masculine] (Latvian), vėžys [masculine] (Lithuanian), Kriibs [masculine] (Luxembourgish), рак (rak) [masculine] (Macedonian), asorotany (Malagasy), barah (Malay), kanser [Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore] (Malay), kanker (english: Riau and Sumatra) (Malay), അർബുദം (aṟbudaṁ) (Malayalam), കാൻസർ (kāṉsaṟ) (Malayalam), kanghyr [masculine] (Manx), mate pukupuku (Maori), pukupuku (Maori), कर्करोग (karkarog) (Marathi), ai okaru va'e (Mbyá Guaraní), go'gwejij [animate] (Mi'kmaq), хорт хавдар (xort xavdar) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), łóód doo nádziihii (Navajo), naałdzid (Navajo), क्यान्सर (kyānsar) (Nepali), cancèr [masculine] (Norman), şêrpence [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), borasdávda (Northern Sami), boras (Northern Sami), sonahat (Northern Sami), kreft [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kreft [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), càncer [masculine] (Occitan), କର୍କଟ (kôrkôṭô) (Odia), سرطان (saratān) [masculine] (Pashto), سرطان (saratân) (Persian), خرچنگ (xarčang) (Persian), چنگار (čangâr) (Persian), کنسر (kanser) (Persian), Kjräft [masculine] (Plautdietsch), nowotwór złośliwy [masculine] (Polish), rak [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), câncer [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), cancro [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), ਕੈਂਸਰ (kainsar) (Punjabi), cancer [neuter] (Romanian), рак (rak) [masculine] (Russian), злока́чественная о́пухоль (zlokáčestvennaja ópuxolʹ) (english: medical) [feminine] (Russian), viežīs (Samogitian), viežīs [masculine] (Samogitian), aillse [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ра̏к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȁk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), càncaru [masculine] (Sicilian), cancru [masculine] (Sicilian), tumuri (Sicilian), පිළිකා (piḷikā) (Sinhalese), poorrikõpp (Skolt Sami), rakovina [feminine] (Slovak), rak [masculine] (Slovak), rak [masculine] (Slovene), kansar (Somali), cáncer [masculine] (Spanish), saratani (Swahili), kansa (Swahili), cancer [common-gender] (Swedish), kräfta [archaic, common-gender] (Swedish), kanser (Tagalog), саратон (saraton) (Tajik), புற்றுநோய் (puṟṟunōy) (Tamil), కాన్సర్ (kānsar) (Telugu), มะเร็ง (má-reng) (Thai), སྐྲན་ནད (skran nad) (Tibetan), መንሽሮ (mänšəro) (Tigrinya), kanser (Turkish), rak (Turkmen), тэльсе (teľśe) (Udmurt), рак (rak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), злоя́кісна пухли́на (zlojákisna puxlýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سَرْطان (sartān) [masculine] (Urdu), کَینْسَر (kainsar) [masculine] (Urdu), راك (rak) (Uyghur), saraton (Uzbek), rak (Uzbek), cancaro [masculine] (Venetian), càncaro [masculine] (Venetian), ung thư (Vietnamese), kanser (Volapük), vähktõbi (Võro), vähk (Võro), cancr (Welsh), ka iyáni (Western Apache), (⁶nge) (Wu Chinese), עמעסע מעשׂה (emese mayse) [feminine] (Yiddish), יענע מעשׂה (yene mayse) [feminine] (Yiddish), ראַק (rak) (Yiddish), bingh'aizcwng (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-cancer-en-noun-TUjr5dzj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 44 10 Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'disease': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'disease': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'See also': 88 12 Disambiguation of 'carcinoma': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'sarcoma': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation': 97 3
  2. (figuratively) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Synonyms (something which spreads): growth, lichen
    Sense id: en-cancer-en-noun-7Z0evYFb Disambiguation of 'something which spreads': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: leukaemia, leukemia, lymphoma Related terms: Cancer, cancerization, cancerize, cancerous, canker, carcinogen, chancre, precancerous Coordinate_terms: benign tumor, benign neoplasm, benign neoplasia
Derived forms: abdominal cancer, anal cancer, anti-cancer, bile duct cancer, biliary tract cancer, black cancer, bladder cancer, blood cancer, bone cancer, boob cancer, bowel cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, cheek cancer, chimney sweep's cancer, colon cancer, colonic cancer, colorectal cancer, concrete cancer, duodenal cancer, ear cancer, esophageal cancer, eye cancer, gallbladder cancer, gastric cancer, gay cancer, give someone ass cancer, give someone butt cancer, green cancer, gum cancer, head and neck cancer, head-neck cancer, heart cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer, I have cancer, intestinal cancer, jaw cancer, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, larynx cancer, lip cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, lymphatic cancer, lymph gland cancer, lymph node cancer, mouth cancer, mule spinner's cancer, mule spinners' cancer, multi-cancer, nasal cancer, neck and head cancer, neck cancer, nose cancer, ocular cancer, oesophageal cancer, oral cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, penile cancer, pharyngeal cancer, pharynx cancer, prostate cancer, rectal cancer, renal cancer, scrotal cancer, skin cancer, small intestine cancer, stomach cancer, swamp cancer, testicular cancer, throat cancer, thyroid cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, tree cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer, turbo cancer, uterine cancer, vaginal cancer, walking skin cancer, womb cancer, cancerwort (taxonomic: Kickxia spp.), cancer bush (taxonomic: Lessertia frutescens), cancer stick, cancer root

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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "qaterlı ısık",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "қатерлі ісік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɑngsɛɛ",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "កង់ស៊ែរ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mɔhaariik",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "មហារីក"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "癌",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "am",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "암"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "şêrpence",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "شێرپەنجە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "şêrpence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "рак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ma heng",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "ມະເຮັງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cancer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vēzis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vėžys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kriibs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "asorotany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "barah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Brunei",
            "Malaysia",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "kanser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ms",
          "english": "Riau and Sumatra",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kanker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "aṟbudaṁ",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "അർബുദം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "kāṉsaṟ",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "കാൻസർ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kanghyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "mate pukupuku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "pukupuku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "karkarog",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "कर्करोग"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gun",
          "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "ai okaru va'e"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mic",
          "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "animate"
          ],
          "word": "go'gwejij"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xort xavdar",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хорт хавдар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "łóód doo nádziihii"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "naałdzid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "kyānsar",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "क्यान्सर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nrm",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cancèr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "borasdávda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "boras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "sonahat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kreft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kreft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "càncer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "kôrkôṭô",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "କର୍କଟ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "saratān",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سرطان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "saratân",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "سرطان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xarčang",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "خرچنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čangâr",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "چنگار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kanser",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "کنسر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kjräft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nowotwór złośliwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "câncer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cancro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "kainsar",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "ਕੈਂਸਰ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cancer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "medical",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zlokáčestvennaja ópuxolʹ",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "злока́чественная о́пухоль"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sgs",
          "lang": "Samogitian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "viežīs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sgs",
          "lang": "Samogitian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "viežīs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aillse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ра̏к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rȁk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "càncaru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cancru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "tumuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "piḷikā",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "පිළිකා"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "poorrikõpp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rakovina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kansar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cáncer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "saratani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kansa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "cancer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kräfta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kanser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "saraton",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "саратон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "puṟṟunōy",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "புற்றுநோய்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kānsar",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "కాన్సర్"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "má-reng",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "มะเร็ง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "skran nad",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "སྐྲན་ནད"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ti",
          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "mänšəro",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "መንሽሮ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kanser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "rak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "teľśe",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "тэльсе"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zlojákisna puxlýna",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "злоя́кісна пухли́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sartān",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سَرْطان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kainsar",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "کَینْسَر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "راك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "saraton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "rak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cancaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "càncaro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "ung thư"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "kanser"
        },
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          "code": "vro",
          "lang": "Võro",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "vähktõbi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "vro",
          "lang": "Võro",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "vähk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "cancr"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "emese mayse",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "עמעסע מעשׂה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "yene mayse",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "יענע מעשׂה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "rak",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "ראַק"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
          "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
          "word": "bingh'aizcwng"
        }
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      "word": "colorectal cancer"
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      "word": "duodenal cancer"
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      "word": "eye cancer"
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    {
      "word": "intestinal cancer"
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    {
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      "word": "kidney cancer"
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    {
      "word": "laryngeal cancer"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "lip cancer"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "lung cancer"
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    {
      "word": "lymphatic cancer"
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    {
      "word": "lymph gland cancer"
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    {
      "word": "lymph node cancer"
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    {
      "word": "mouth cancer"
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    {
      "word": "mule spinner's cancer"
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    {
      "word": "mule spinners' cancer"
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    {
      "word": "multi-cancer"
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    {
      "word": "neck cancer"
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      "word": "oropharyngeal cancer"
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      "word": "ovarian cancer"
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      "word": "pancreatic cancer"
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    {
      "word": "penile cancer"
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    {
      "word": "pharyngeal cancer"
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    {
      "word": "pharynx cancer"
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      "word": "prostate cancer"
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      "word": "rectal cancer"
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      "word": "renal cancer"
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    {
      "word": "testicular cancer"
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    {
      "word": "throat cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "thyroid cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tongue cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tonsil cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tree cancer"
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    {
      "word": "triple-negative breast cancer"
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    {
      "word": "triple negative breast cancer"
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    {
      "word": "turbo cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "uterine cancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "vaginal cancer"
    },
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      "word": "walking skin cancer"
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    {
      "word": "womb cancer"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Kickxia spp.",
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    {
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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      "word": "leukaemia"
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    {
      "word": "leukemia"
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    {
      "word": "lymphoma"
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      "sense": "sarcoma",
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      "word": "cancerize"
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        "countable",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæːnsə/",
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        "General-Australian"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkænsɚ/",
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        "General-American"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ænsə(ɹ)"
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      "sense": "disease",
      "word": "malignancy"
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    {
      "sense": "something which spreads",
      "word": "growth"
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    {
      "sense": "something which spreads",
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kanker"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "uriq i zi"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kancer"
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      "code": "am",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ካንሰር"
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      "code": "apw",
      "lang": "Western Apache",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ka iyáni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "saraṭān",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سَرَطَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cáncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻaġcʻkeġ",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "քաղցկեղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xlird",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "խլիրդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "korkot",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "কৰ্কট"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "korkot rüg",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "কৰ্কট ৰোগ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cáncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "xərçəng"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "minbizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рак"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zlajákasnaja puxlína",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "злая́касная пухлі́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kênśar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ক্যান্সার"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "korkṭorōg",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "কর্কটরোগ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krign-bev"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krankr"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zlokáčestven túmor",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "злока́чествен ту́мор"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kanghcarau:ga",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ကင်ဆာရောဂါ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kanghca",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ကင်ဆာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "càncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adayesgi",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᏰᏍᎩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ngaam⁴",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "癌"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "ngaam⁴ zing³",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "癌症"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "áizhèng",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "癌症"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁶nge",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "癌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rakovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kræft"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "ken̊saru",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ކެންސަރު"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanker"
    },
    {
      "code": "myv",
      "lang": "Erzya",
      "roman": "ćući",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "цюци"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kancero"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "vähktõbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krabbamein"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krabbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "syöpä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cáncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳibo",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "კიბო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Krebs"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "karkínos",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καρκίνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "karkínos",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "καρκίνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kræfti"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "karkarog",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "કર્કરોગ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sartán",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סַרְטָן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "karkaṭ",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कर्कट"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kainsar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कैंसर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "karkaṭ rog",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कर्कट रोग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "rák"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krabbamein"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krabbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kancero"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari Sami",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "puurâs"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kanker"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "raakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "cancere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ik",
      "lang": "Inupiaq",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "nauruaq pigiitchuaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ailse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gan",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "癌"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "roman": "puru ayal",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ꦥꦸꦫꦸꦲꦪꦭ꧀"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "gülgn",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "гүлгн"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "arbuda",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ಅರ್ಬುದ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kyānsar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "obyr",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "обыр"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qaterlı ısık",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "қатерлі ісік"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑngsɛɛ",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "កង់ស៊ែរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mɔhaariik",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "មហារីក"
    },
    {
      "alt": "癌",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "am",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "암"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "şêrpence",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "شێرپەنجە"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "şêrpence"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "рак"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ma heng",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ມະເຮັງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vēzis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vėžys"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kriibs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rak",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "asorotany"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "barah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "Brunei",
        "Malaysia",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "kanser"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "english": "Riau and Sumatra",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "kanker"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "aṟbudaṁ",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "അർബുദം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kāṉsaṟ",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "കാൻസർ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kanghyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "mate pukupuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "pukupuku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "karkarog",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "कर्करोग"
    },
    {
      "code": "gun",
      "lang": "Mbyá Guaraní",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ai okaru va'e"
    },
    {
      "code": "mic",
      "lang": "Mi'kmaq",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "animate"
      ],
      "word": "go'gwejij"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xort xavdar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хорт хавдар"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "łóód doo nádziihii"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "naałdzid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "kyānsar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "क्यान्सर"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrm",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancèr"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "borasdávda"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "boras"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "sonahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kreft"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kreft"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "càncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "kôrkôṭô",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "କର୍କଟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "saratān",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سرطان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "saratân",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "سرطان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xarčang",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "خرچنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čangâr",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "چنگار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kanser",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "کنسر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjräft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nowotwór złośliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "câncer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cancro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kainsar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "ਕੈਂਸਰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "roman": "kānsar",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "కాన్సర్"
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "มะเร็ง"
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      "roman": "skran nad",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
      "word": "སྐྲན་ནད"
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      "roman": "mänšəro",
      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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      "code": "vec",
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      "sense": "disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation",
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