Anticancer

/ˌæntiˈkænsər/ adjective

Designed to fight against, prevent, or treat cancer and cancerous cells.

From anti- (against) + cancer, from Latin cancer (crab), named for the crab-like appearance of tumors. This is a modern medical term that became common with 20th-century cancer research.

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