cancer

noun2

1. •
   a serious illness that often kills, in which cells in one part of the body grow out of control

   • Sure, almost everything 'causes cancer' now. That said, I don't go hugging nuclear waste or acting like cancer itself is some conspiracy.
2. •
   (figurative) Something damaging that spreads throughout something else.

   • I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the Presidency, and if the cancer was not removed, the President himself would be killed by it. — 1973

adjective1

1. •
   (vulgar, offensive) Extremely unpleasant and annoying.

   • I used to love this game, but the new meta is straight up cancer.

noun2

1. •
   The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16–August 15 (sidereal astrology).
2. •
   Someone with a Cancer star sign.

   • ‘All right, so what are Cancers apart from sad, then?’ Lizzie asked. — 2022