סרטן

Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Classical Syriac ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā).

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סַרְטָן • (sartán) m (plural indefinite סַרְטָנִים, singular construct סַרְטַן־, plural construct סַרְטְנֵי־)

1. (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation)
2. crab (any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace)

• (cancer): The disease is sometimes referred to more fully as מַחֲלַת־הַסַּרְטָן (makhalát-hasartán, “the cancer disease”).

• סַרְטַן־יָם
• סַרְטַן הַדָּם
• סרטן הנהרות m

סַרְטָן • (sartán) m

1. (astronomy) Cancer (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab)
2. (astrology) Cancer (the zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology))

• חוּג הַסַּרְטָן (khúg hasartán)

סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) (pi'el construction)

1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

• סנטר