What part of speech is cancer?

Cancer can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. cancer is a noun, singular of cancers.

Inflections

Noun

What does cancer mean?

Definitions

Noun

cancer - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae
Cancer - a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini
Cancer - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Cancer - the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

Examples of cancer

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1. noun One of the most widespread myths of recent times is that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in 1986 caused many thousands of extra cancer deaths in neighbouring regions, and that public health has been severely affected by exposure to radiation.
2. noun In quick summary, Beyond Control, a local band in our area, is sponoring a benefit for a cancer victim whose benefits have run out.
3. noun After George Harrison, said arrogantly in a video filmed in his studio at Henley on Thames: "I want to talk about the divinity of man", he was given throat cancer by GOD because of those words, which made metastasis and carried on to final death..
4. noun To Paul McCartney whose company's logo was a person toying with the planets as if he was a god, and who was being very much deluded in his ego trip by the fact that he was made "Sir" (when in England even the road sweeper is made Sir, as long as he produces money for the nation), GOD provided cancer to the wife.
5. noun My grandfather passed away silently in his sleep, and my grandmother passed away after a short struggle with cancer.
6. noun Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.
7. noun Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.
8. noun Smoking has a great deal to do with cancer.
9. noun It's foolish to think that smoking has little to do with cancer.
10. noun Is there a link between smoking and lung cancer?
11. noun Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer.
12. noun The cancer has spread to her stomach.
13. noun We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.
14. noun Silence grows like cancer.
15. noun Are you creating for us a future world where there is a greater danger of skin cancer, weakened bodies, less food and fewer plants and animals?
Sentence  
noun
One of the most widespread myths of recent times is that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in 1986 caused many thousands of extra cancer deaths in neighbouring regions, and that public health has been severely affected by exposure to radiation.
In quick summary, Beyond Control, a local band in our area, is sponoring a benefit for a cancer victim whose benefits have run out.
After George Harrison, said arrogantly in a video filmed in his studio at Henley on Thames: "I want to talk about the divinity of man", he was given throat cancer by GOD because of those words, which made metastasis and carried on to final death..
To Paul McCartney whose company's logo was a person toying with the planets as if he was a god, and who was being very much deluded in his ego trip by the fact that he was made "Sir" (when in England even the road sweeper is made Sir, as long as he produces money for the nation), GOD provided cancer to the wife.
My grandfather passed away silently in his sleep, and my grandmother passed away after a short struggle with cancer.
Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.
Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.
Smoking has a great deal to do with cancer.
It's foolish to think that smoking has little to do with cancer.
Is there a link between smoking and lung cancer?
Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung cancer.
The cancer has spread to her stomach.
We have yet to discover an effective remedy for cancer.
Silence grows like cancer.
Are you creating for us a future world where there is a greater danger of skin cancer, weakened bodies, less food and fewer plants and animals?

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