Look up: canker

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   Canker
   An area on soft or rotten woody stems or twigs that is caused by bacteria and fungi.
   Found on http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_gloss
   
   
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   canker
   An imprecise term usually used for a plant disease characterized (in woody plants) by the death of cambium tissue and resulting loss and/or malformation of bark, or (in non-woody plants) by the formation of sharply delineated, dry, necrotic, localized lesions on the stem. The term 'canker' may also be used to refer to the lesion itself, particularly in woody plants.
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   canker
   [n] - an ulceration (especially of the lips or living of the mouth) 2. [v] - become infected with a canker 3. [v] - infect with a canker
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   Canker
   Any skin ulcer or sore but as the derivation of the word is the same as that for cancer it may suggest skin cancer - Cancrum oris - Scarlet Fever
   Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc
   
   
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   Canker
   an ulcerous sore of the mouth and lips. Possibly includes herpes simplex infections commonly known as cold sores. Synonym: aphthous stomatitis. See cancrum otis. It seems to have the same meaning and origin as cancer, but denotes bad qualities in a lesser degree.
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   canker
   in a tree,a definite,relatively localised,necrotic lesion,primarily of the bark and cambium Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
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   Canker
   Can'ker (kăn'kẽr) noun [ Middle English canker , cancre , Anglo-Saxon cancer (akin to Dutch kanker , OHG chanchar .), from Latin cancer a cancer; or if a native word, confer Greek ... excrescence on tree, ... gangrene. Confer also Old French cancre , French chancere , from Latin cancer . See cancer , and confer ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/16
   
   
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   Canker
   Can'ker (kăn'kẽr) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cankered (- kẽrd); present participle & verbal noun Cankering .] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. « No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. » 2. To infect or pollute; to co ...
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   Canker
   Can'ker intransitive verb 1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [ Obsolete] « Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom. » 2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. « Deceit and cankered malice. Dryden. » « As with age his body ...
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    canker
    1. In cats and dogs, acute inflammation of the external ear and auditory canal. ... See: aphtha. ... 2. In the horse, a process similar to but more advanced than thrush; the horny frog is generally under-run with a whitish, cheeselike exudate, and the entire sole and even the wall of the hoof may be undermined. ... 3. In man, an outmoded term for apht ...
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    canker
    canker sore noun an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
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    canker
    verb infect with a canker
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    canker
    (kang´kәr) an ulceration, especially of the oral mucosa; see also recurrent aphthous stomatitis.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    Canker
    • (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse`s foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush. • (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous. • (n.) A kind of wild, worthle...
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    canker
    disease of plants that is caused by numerous species of fungi and bacteria. Symptoms include round-to-irregular, sunken, swollen, flattened, or ...
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    Canker
    A fungal disease; affected shoots die back often dark sunken areas on trunk or stems.
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    canker
    canker, small sore on the inside of the mouth. A canker appears as a shallow, whitish ulcer surrounded by a thin, red area. It is tender, sometimes painful, and may occur singly or as one of a group of sores. Cankers develop on the inner surfaces of the lips or cheeks, on the gums, under the tongue,...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08101