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Definitions for Canker

[1] a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, especially in the mouth.
[2] a disease affecting horses' feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul-smelling exudate.
[3] a defined area of diseased tissue, especially in woody stems.
[4] something that corrodes, corrupts, destroys, or irritates.
[5] Also called canker rose . British Dialect . dog rose.
[6] to infect with canker.
[7] to corrupt; destroy slowly.
[8] to become infected with or as if with canker.
[9] an ulceration, esp of the lips or lining of the oral cavity
[10] vet science a disease of horses in which the horn of the hoofs becomes soft and spongy an inflammation of the lining of the external ear, esp in dogs and cats, resulting in a discharge and sometimes ulceration ulceration or abscess of the mouth, eyelids, ears, or cloaca of birds
[11] an open wound in the stem of a tree or shrub, caused by injury or parasites
[12] something evil that spreads and corrupts
[13] to infect or become infected with or as if with canker

Words related to Canker

blight, corrosion, scourge, blister, lesion, cancer, bane, sore, ulcer, smutch, rot, corruption, boil, pervert, debase, consume, pollute, envenom, bestialize, ruin

Words nearby Canker

caning, canis major, canis minor, canister, canities, canker, canker sore, cankered, cankerous, cankerroot, cankerworm

Origin of Canker

before 1000; Middle English; Old English cancer < Latin cancer; see cancer

Word origin for Canker

Old English cancer, from Latin cancer crab, cancerous sore

Synonyms for Canker

blight, corrosion, scourge, Cancer, bane, blister, boil, corruption, lesion, rot, smutch, sore, ulcer