Canker Definition

kăngkər
cankers
noun
cankers
An ulcerlike sore, esp. in the mouth: thought to be an immune reaction.
Webster's New World
An inflammation or infection of the ear and auditory canal, especially in dogs and cats.
American Heritage Medicine
A condition in horses similar to but more advanced than thrush.
American Heritage Medicine
A diseased area of woody tissues.
Webster's New World
A disease of plants that causes local decay of bark and wood.
Webster's New World
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verb
cankers
To attack or infect with canker.
Webster's New World
To infect or debase with corruption.
Webster's New World
To become cankered.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Canker

Noun

Singular:
canker
Plural:
cankers

Origin of Canker

  • Middle English from Old English cancer and from Old French cancre both from Latin cancer crab, malignant disease kar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Canker Sentence Examples

  • A thoroughly healthy, well-balanced, harmonious nature, accepting life as it came, with all its joys and sorrows, and living it beautifully and hopefully, without canker and without uncharity.

  • Without treatment, canker sores heal in two weeks or less.

  • Bacterial canker is spread by splashing rain and can cause rough cankers with amber colored gum, sometimes leading to total tree collapse.

  • Factors associated with Coniothyrium canker of Eucalyptus in South Africa.

  • In Iune the bayte that breedeth in an olde fallen oke, and the great canker.

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Words Starting With

CCACAN

Words Ending With

RERKER

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Words Starting With C and Ending With R

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With R