Cancer
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cancer /'kænsə/- danh từ
- bệnh ung thư
- to die of cancer: chết vì bệnh ung thư
- (nghĩa bóng) ung nhọt, những cái xấu xa (của xã hội)
- the tropic of Cancer
- hạ chí tuyến
- bệnh ung thư
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the fourth sign of the ZODIAC, the CRAB
2 [sing.] a person born under the influence of this sign, that is between 22 June and 22 July, approximately
Cancerian noun, adjective
Collocation
ADJ.
breast, cervical, lung, prostate, skin, etc.
VERB + CANCER
have, suffer from | contract, get, develop | cause | screen sb for
Most of the women employees have now been screened for breast cancer.
| diagnose | die from/of
CANCER + VERB
spread
The cancer has spread to his stomach.
CANCER + NOUN
cell | patient, sufferer, victim | risk
The cancer risk among smokers was found to be higher.
| research | drug, treatment
PHRASES
a battle/struggle against cancer
He died after an 18-month battle against cancer. > Special page at ILLNESS
Concise dictionary
cancers'kænsənoun
+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
+(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
+a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
+the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
+type genus of the family Cancridae
