cancer
Noun
(en noun)
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
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(figuratively) Something which spreads within something else, damaging the latter.
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Synonyms
* (disease) growth, malignancy, neoplasia
* (something which spreads) lichen
Hyponyms
* tumor
* leukaemia, leukemia
Derived terms
(types of cancer)
* bowel cancer
* breast cancer
* colon cancer
* leukemia
* testicular cancer
* lung cancer
* prostate cancer
* ovarian cancer
* skin cancer
* cervical cancer
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outrage
English
Noun
(en noun)
An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
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An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
The resentful anger aroused by such acts.
(obsolete) A destructive rampage.
- “by the outrage and fury of the river ” (from an old description of flood damage).
Verb
(outrag)
To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
* Atterbury
- Base and insolent minds outrage men when they have hope of doing it without a return.
* Broome
- This interview outrages all decency.
(archaic) To violate; to rape (a female).
(obsolete) To rage in excess of.
- (Young)
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