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canker

English

  1. 🔊 an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
  2. 🔊 a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
  3. 🔊 a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
    “racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation”
  4. 🔊 infect with a canker
  5. 🔊 become infected with a canker

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cancro canker

Similar words

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