[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cancerous \can"cerous\, a. cf. f. canc'ereux
   like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;
   affected with cancer; as, a cancerous growth. "cancerous
   vices" --g. eliot.
   1913 webster -- can"cerously, adv. --
   can"cerousness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
can"cerously can"cerousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cancerous
     adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth"
     2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was
        cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the
        moral development of our children"

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Cancerous, definition of term: Cancerous
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