OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7989

cancer

/ˈkænsə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cancro • cangro • cáncer
A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the[…]hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeni…
Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world…
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