Why is the disease cancer, named cancer?
2006-09-25 05:11:32 · 4 answers · asked by RegularGuy 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
It infiltrates it surroundings like appendages of crab,
By the way cancer is not one disease and all types of cancers have their own names
2006-09-26 06:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Gagan Saini 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The etymology of the word cancer is the following:
O.E., from L. "a crab," later, "malignant tumor." Greek physician Galen, among others, noted similarity of crabs to some tumors with swollen veins. From Gk. karkinos, which, like the Mod.E. word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and the zodiac constellation (1391), from PIE base *qarq- "to be hard" (like the shell of a crab); cf. Skt. karkatah "crab," karkarah "hard;" and probably cognate with PIE base *qar-tu- "hard, strong," source of Eng. hard. Meaning "person born under the zodiac sign of Cancer" is from 1894. Cancer stick "cigarette" is from 1959.
2006-09-25 12:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because i wanted it that way.
2006-09-25 12:13:14 · answer #3 · answered by demoniclilangel_666 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's all here:
2006-09-25 12:13:36 · answer #4 · answered by pk 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋