càncer

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab. Doublet of cranc, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkan.sər]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkan.ser]

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càncer m (plural càncers)

1. cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferation)

• càncer de mama (“breast cancer”)

• cancerós

• “càncer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “càncer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “càncer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “càncer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• cancèr

Borrowed from Latin cancer (“crab”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”).

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càncer m (plural càncers)

1. cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled proliferation)