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Cancer
Cancer
n.
A
genus
of
decapod
Crustacea
,
including
some
of
the
most
common
shore
crabs
of
Europe
and
North
America
, as
the
rock
crab
,
Jonah
crab
,
etc
.
See
Crab
.
Cancer
n.
The
fourth
of
the
twelve
signs
of
the
zodiac
.
The
first
point
is
the
northern
limit
of
the
sun
's
course
in
summer
;
hence
,
the
sign
of
the
summer
solstice
.
See
Tropic
.
Cancer
n.
A
northern
constellation
between
Gemini
and
Leo
.
Cancer
n.
Formerly
,
any
malignant
growth
,
esp
.
one
attended
with
great
pain
and
ulceration
,
with
cachexia
and
progressive
emaciation
. It
was
so
called
,
perhaps
,
from
the
great
veins
which
surround
it,
compared
by
the
ancients
to
the
claws
of a
crab
.
The
term
is
now
restricted
to
such
a
growth
made
up of
aggregations
of
epithelial
cells
,
either
without
support
or
embedded
in
the
meshes
of a
trabecular
framework
.
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