cancer
part of speech
noun (cancer, cancers); proper noun (Cancer — a star sign and constellation)
meaning for a pupil
1) Cancer is a serious illness in which some cells in the body grow out of control and can spread. tree →
2) A cancer is one kind of this illness, like skin cancer. tree →
3) Cancer is also a group of stars and a star sign, with a capital C. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health lessons cancer explains why we use sun cream (skin cancer) and why smoking is harmful (lung cancer). In stories it can be a difficult family event. Phrases: «have cancer», «skin cancer», «cancer treatment», «beat cancer», «the Tropic of Cancer».
examples
- My aunt is having treatment for cancer. tree →
- Too much sun can cause skin cancer. tree →
- Smoking can cause lung cancer. tree →
- Doctors and scientists work hard to cure cancer. tree →
- Many people get better after cancer treatment. tree →
- You cannot catch cancer from another person. tree →
- The Tropic of Cancer is a line on the map north of the equator. tree →
note
Usually uncountable (cancer); countable for kinds (many cancers). Myth: cancer is not catching like a cold. Capital C for the star sign and the Tropic of Cancer. Doctors treat it with medicines, operations and radiation; many people recover.
In the corpora
- Some cancer treatments make hair fall out because they attack fast-growing cells; the hair usually grows back after treatment.
- Then she told the world herself, in a video, that she had cancer and was having chemotherapy.
- She's got cancer.
- A contagious (catching) face cancer has killed many devils, and scientists keep healthy groups of devils safe to save the species.
- "Lost her battle with cancer" means she died of cancer.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cancer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.