cancer, cancerous evil
癌 centers on a malignant, destructive growth: cancer in the medical sense, and by extension a cancerous evil that spreads harm.
癌 combines 疒 (sickness) with 嵒, which likely contributes the sound ガン and may suggest a hard, rock-like mass (from 山 and 品/石 associations). The exact historical development is uncertain.
The sickness enclosure 疒 wraps around 嵒, which looks like piled rocks or a craggy mountain. Picture a hard, rocky tumor growing inside the body: that is cancer.
For ガン, imagine a gun-shaped tumor that spreads like a bullet: gun -> ガン, and the cancerous evil shoots through the body.
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cancer
scirrhous carcinoma
tar cancer; tar carcinoma
human cancer cell
epipharyngeal cancer; epiglottal carcinoma
hypopharyngeal cancer; cancer of the hypopharynx
oropharyngeal cancer; cancer of the oropharynx
artificially induced cancer
antitumor; anticancer; anticarcinogenic; carcinostatic
anti-cancer drug; cancer-inhibiting drug
precancerous state; premalignant state
oral cancer
pharyngeal cancer; cancer of the pharynx
solid cancer; solid tumor; solid tumour
basal cell carcinoma; BCC
cancer of the uterine body
endometrial cancer
childhood cancer; pediatric cancer
squamous cell carcinoma; SCC
tumour-bearing; tumor-bearing; cancer-bearing