Cancer (Cancers plural )
1 n-uncount Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who are born approximately between the 21st of June and the 22nd of July come under this sign.
2 n-count A Cancer is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Cancer.
cancer (cancers plural )Cancer is a serious disease in which cells in a person's body increase rapidly in an uncontrolled way, producing abnormal growths. n-var oft n N
Her mother died of breast cancer..., Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking.