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cancer

/ˈkansə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkansə/
cancer
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

can - cer -> cancer

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကင်ဆာရောဂါ။ မြစ်ပွားနာ။ အလျင်အမြန် ကူးစက်စေသော အန္တရာယ်၊ မကောင်းမှု။ ၃

Full entry

Cancer /'kænsǝ(r)/ n

(က) [U] ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီခွင်တွင် စတုတ္ထ ဖြစ်သော ပုစွန်လုံးပုံ ကရကဋ်ရာသီရုပ်။
(ခ) [C] ကရကဋ်ရာသီဖွား။ ❍ zodiac

cancer /'kænsǝ(r)/ n

၁။ [C, U] ကင်ဆာရောဂါ။ မြစ်ပွားနာ။
Most skin cancers are completely curable. ❍ The cancer has spread to his stomach. ❍ The risk of lung cancer from passive smoking is small. ❍ having radiotherapy for cancer of the liver ❍ cancer research.
၂။ [C] အလျင်အမြန် ကူးစက်စေသော အန္တရာယ်၊ မကောင်းမှု။ Violence is a cancer in our society. Compare CANKER ၃
❏ cancerous /'kænsǝrǝs/ adj ကင်ဆာဖြစ်နေသော။
cancerous cells ❍ Is the tumour benign or cancerous?

More examples
  • Some cancers are easier to treat than others.
  • Cancer cells/patients
  • [lung/breast/prostate cancer] : He died of lung cancer.
  • [cancer of the cervix/prostate/colon] : She was diagnosed with cancer of the cervix.
  • The cancer of greed
  • Cancerous cells
Synonyms
growth, tumor, malignancy, melanoma, disease, sarcoma, malignant cells, C, bane, big C, blight, canker, carcinoma, corruption, evil, long illness, malignant growth, menace, pest, plague, scourge, sickness
Antonyms
benignity, health, wholesomeness
Cross references
growthtumormalignancymelanomadiseasesarcomamalignant cellsCbanebig Cblightcankercarcinomacorruptionevillong illnessmalignant growthmenacepestplaguescourgesicknessbenignityhealthwholesomenesszodiacarebenign
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