(pathology, obsolete, slang, 1980s) Synonym of AIDS (“acquired immune deficiency syndrome”)

A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).

plural of cancer bush

Synonym of pythiosis

Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, such as the beechdrops, the squawroot, etc.

plural of cancer root

(pathology) (oncology) A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.

(medicine) A malignant neoplasm of the liver.

(oncology) A disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder.

(informal) Synonym of breast cancer