word | cancer |
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definition | noun Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person's body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths. Her mother died of breast cancer. Jane was just 25 when she learned she had cancer. Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. |
inflections | cancerscarcinoma |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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