Haemorrhoids vs Cancer - What's the difference?
haemorrhoids | cancer |
English plurals
A pathological condition caused by painful masses of dilated veins in swollen anal tissue.
* "I hope the worst is behind me". - France's midfielder Florent Malouds reveals he had an operation for haemmorrhoids shortly after arriving in Germany for the World Cup" Argus 17 June 2006 p.14
(medicine, oncology, disease) A disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)
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, title= (figuratively) Something which spreads within something else, damaging the latter.
As nouns the difference between haemorrhoids and cancer
is that haemorrhoids is while cancer is cancer.haemorrhoids
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(wikipedia haemorrhoids)Alternative forms
* * hemorrhoids (US)Noun
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* pilescancer
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* (wikipedia "cancer")Noun
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