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CankerCanker Can"ker (k[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. 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 corrupt. --Addison.
A tithe purloined cankers the whole estate.
--Herbert. Canker
Canker Can"ker, v. i.
1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
[Obs.]
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 uglier grows, So his mind
cankers. --Shak.
Meaning of CANKER from wikipedia
- A
plant canker is a
small area of dead tissue,
which grows slowly,
often over years. Some
cankers are of only
minor consequence, but
others are ultimately...
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Citrus canker is a
disease affecting Citrus species caused by the
bacterium Xanthomonas (X.axonopodis; X. campestris).
Infection causes lesions on the...
- stomatitis, or
recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS),
commonly referred to as a
canker sore or salt blister, is a
common condition characterized by the repeated...
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Canker-worm may
refer to
following inchworms:
Alsophila pometaria, the fall
cankerworm Paleacrita vernata, the
spring cankerworm This
disambiguation page...
- goes to sleep, he
tells Jessie about a
nightmarish creature called "the
Canker Man".
Jessie brushes the
story off and
tells Cody that
nightmares cannot...
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Hypoxylon canker of
shade trees is a weak
ascomycete fungus that
negatively affects growth and can
eventually lead to the
death of weak or
diseased host...
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Coptis (goldthread or
canker root) is a
genus of
between 10 and 15
species of
flowering plants in the
family Ranunculaceae,
native to Asia and
North America...
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Anaerobic infections are
caused by
anaerobic bacteria.
Obligately anaerobic bacteria do not grow on
solid media in room air (0.04%
carbon dioxide and 21%...
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CankerMelts is a non-prescription over-the-counter
medication produced by
Orahealth Corporation,
located in Bellevue, Washington.
CankerMelts are used...
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shagbark hickories. Once infected,
these trees' bark also
exhibit orange cankers but may not die. The
pathogen can
persist in
these trees,
producing spores...
