Cancer genus Cancer | type genus of the family Cancridae |
Dungeness crab Cancer magister | small edible crab of Pacific coast of North America |
rock crab Cancer irroratus | crab of eastern coast of North America |
Jonah crab Cancer borealis | large red deep-water crab of the eastern coast of North America |
antineoplastic antineoplastic drug cancer drug | any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells, used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells, all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function |
aqualung Aqua-Lung scuba | a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water, scuba is an acronym for selfontained underwater breathing apparatus |
heart-lung machine | a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery, diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body |
iron lung | respirator that produces alternations in air pressure in a chamber surrounding a patient's chest to force air into and out of the lungs thus providing artificial respiration |
lung-power | the ability to speak loudly |
lung | either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates, serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood |
lobe of the lung | any of the three lobes of the right lung or the two lobes of the left lung |
cancer juice | a milky substance found in certain cancerous growths |
cancer cell | a cell that is part of a malignant tumor |
book lung | organ in many arachnids containing many thin folds of membrane resembling the leaves of a book |
Tropic of Cancer | a line of latitude about degrees to the north of the equator |
Cancer Cancer the Crab Crab | the fourth sign of the zodiac, the sun is in this sign from about June to July |
Cancer | a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere, between Leo and Gemini |
Russell's body cancer body | an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer |
Cancer Crab | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer |
cancerweed cancer weed Salvia lyrata | sage of eastern United States |
adult respiratory distress syndrome ARDS wet lung white lung | acute lung injury characterized by coughing and rales, inflammation of the lungs which become stiff and fibrous and cannot exchange oxygen, occurs among persons exposed to irritants such as corrosive chemical vapors or ammonia or chlorine etc. |
liver cancer cancer of the liver | malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer, symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort |
anthracosis black lung black lung disease coal miner's lung | lung disease caused by inhaling coal dust |
cancer malignant neoplastic disease | 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 |
leukemia leukaemia leucaemia cancer of the blood | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues, characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes, one of the four major types of cancer |
adenocarcinoma glandular cancer glandular carcinoma | malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium |
breast cancer | cancer of the breast, one of the most common malignancies in women in the US |
carcinoma in situ preinvasive cancer | a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body |
colon cancer | a malignant tumor of the colon, early symptom is bloody stools |
endometrial carcinoma endometrial cancer | cancer of the uterine lining |
lung cancer | carcinoma of the lungs, one of the commonest forms of cancer |
oral cancer | malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth, most common in men over the age of |
pancreatic cancer | cancer of the pancreas |
prostate cancer prostatic adenocarcinoma | cancer of the prostate gland |
seminoma testicular cancer | malignant tumor of the testis, usually occurring in older men |
skin cancer | a malignant neoplasm of the skin |
trophoblastic cancer | malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion |
farmer's lung thresher's lung | alveolitis caused by an allergic reaction to fungal spores in the dust that is inhaled from moldy hay |
lung-like | performing functions similar to those performed by lungs |