| Cancer (cancer) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Can"cer |
| [L. cancer,
cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr.
karki`nos, Skr. karka***tsdot]a crab, and prob.
Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard
shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre |
A genus of decapod Crustacea, including
some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America,
as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.
The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first
point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence,
the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic.
Formerly, any malignant
growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with
cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps,
from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients
to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a
growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either
without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular
framework.
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