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cancerous

  • a word derived from cancer.
    cancer

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Those proteins then encourage intestinal stem cells to divide more rapidly, creating more opportunities for some of the cells to become cancerous.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, these cancerous cells crowd out the normal cells, which can affect things like a person’s ability to fight infections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

"It's amazing, you literally can't see I had a large cancerous lesion removed from my cheek," she tells the BBC in the waiting room.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Different tissues have distinct methylation patterns, and those patterns can shift when cells become diseased or cancerous.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Silence was ugly, it was black, it leered, it was cancerous, it was death.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok