Morpheme
Canc(e)r
Type
free base
Denotation
crab, disease in which cells undergo rapid and uncontrolled growth
Etymology
Latin cancer; Ancient Greek karkínos
Evidence
anticancer, cancer, canceration, cancered, cancericidal, cancerization, cancerless, cancerlike, cancerome, cancerous, cancerphobia, cancers, cancerweed, cancerwort, cancrivorous, multicancer, neocancer, noncancer, pancancer, postcancer, precancer, precancerous
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
originally applied to tumors because enlarged veins resembled crab legs
