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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

cancerous

/kăn'-sẽr-əs/ · can·cer·ous · IPA /ˈkænsəɹəs/
01 a. Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.
  1. 1.
    Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth.