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{
"term": "cancer",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a serious disease in which growths of cells, also called cancers, form in the body and kill normal body cells. The disease often causes death.",
"sensetop": "cancer of something",
"labels": "(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**breast/lung cancer**"
},
{
"text": "Most **skin cancers** are completely curable."
},
{
"text": "cancer of the colon/cervix",
"contextForm": "cancer of something"
},
{
"text": "The **cancer has spread** to his stomach."
},
{
"text": "Smokers face an increased risk of **developing** lung **cancer**."
},
{
"text": "to detect/diagnose/treat/cure cancer"
},
{
"text": "The drug can lower the **risk of** breast **cancer**."
},
{
"text": "**cancer patients/survivors**"
},
{
"text": "**cancer research**"
},
{
"text": "cancer screening/treatment/prevention/risk"
},
{
"text": "Childhood cancers have a very good survival rate."
},
{
"text": "He died after an 18-month battle against cancer."
},
{
"text": "Most of the women employees have now been screened for breast cancer."
},
{
"text": "Prostate cancer deaths fell after screening was introduced."
},
{
"text": "The cancer risk among smokers was found to be higher."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["breast", "cervical", "colon"],
"verb + cancer": ["have", "suffer from", "contract"],
"cancer + verb": ["spread", "occur", "recur"],
"cancer + noun": ["cell", "patient", "sufferer"],
"phrases": [
"a battle against cancer",
"a struggle against cancer",
"cancer of the cervix"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an evil or dangerous thing that spreads quickly",
"labels": "(literary)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Violence is a cancer in our society."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkænsə(r)/",
"audio": "ca/cancer/cancer__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkænsər/",
"audio": "ca/cancer/cancer__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, from Latin, ‘crab or creeping ulcer’, translating Greek karkinos, said to have been applied to such tumours because the swollen veins around them resembled the limbs of a crab. canker was the usual form until the 17th cent. Compare with Cancer."
}