cancerism

\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌrizəm\ noun (-s)

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cancer + -ism

: a hypothetical tendency to develop cancer

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cancerism Pathol.

(kænsərɪz(ə)m)

[f. cancer + -ism.]

‘The cancerous diathesis’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).