cancer /'kaensa(r); 'kaensw/ n [C, U] diseased growtt in the body, often causing death: 癌 (身體內(nèi)的毒瘤，常可致死)： ~ of the throat; 喉癌; 'lung ~; 肺癌; (fig) pernicious evil (eg in Society). (喻) (如社會(huì)之) 害; 罪惡。 ~ous /'kaensaras; 'kaensarss/ adj of or like having ~. 癌癥的; 似癌癥的; 患癌癥的。