Cancer

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.

   “If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.”

2. isim Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

   “I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the Presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the President himself would be killed by it.”

3. sıfat Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

   “I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.”

4. özel isim A constellation of the zodiac traditionally figured in the shape of a crab.

   “And add more coals to Cancer when he burns / With entertaining great Hyperion.”

5. özel isim 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).
6. isim Someone with a Cancer star sign.

   “‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked.”