Usually means: Abnormal cells growing uncontrollably, harmful.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word Cancerous:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancerous: Merriam-Webster
  2. cancerous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cancerous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cancerous: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cancerous, cancerous: Wordnik
  6. cancerous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cancerous: Wiktionary
  8. cancerous: Dictionary.com
  9. cancerous: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Cancerous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. cancerous: Rhymezone
  12. cancerous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. cancerous: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cancerous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. cancerous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cancerous: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cancerous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. cancerous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. cancerous: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cancerous: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cancerous)

▸ adjective:  (oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
▸ adjective:  (figuratively) Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
▸ adjective:  (slang) Extremely unpleasant; detestable.

Similar:
cancerological, oncological, carcinomic, precancerous, carcinological, oncodevelopmental, Cancerian, carcinomatous, oncosurgical, cancerphobic, more...

Opposite:
benign, noncancerous, harmless

Phrases:
cancerous tumor, non cancerous, cancerous tissue growth, not cancerous, more...

Adjectives:
malignant, normal, native, early, human, more, various, non, stomach, tuberculous



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Similar:
cancerological, oncological, carcinomic, precancerous, carcinological, oncodevelopmental, Cancerian, carcinomatous, oncosurgical, cancerphobic, more...

Opposite:
benign, noncancerous, harmless

Phrases:
cancerous tumor, non cancerous, cancerous tissue growth, not cancerous, more...

Adjectives:
malignant, normal, native, early, human, more, various, non, stomach, tuberculous



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