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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

cancer zodiacal constellation of the Crab XIV; malignant tumour XVII. — L. cancer crab, creeping ulcer, after Gr. karkínos crab, karkinōma CARCINOMA.

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