CANKER

n. Ka2n2'kusr. Lat., cancrum. Fr., chancre. 1. Any spreading, corroding, or virulent ulceration. 2. An obstinate and often incurable disease of the horse's foot. 3. A disease in the ears of dogs. 4. A caterpillar. 5. A toadstool. 6. A kind of wild rose. 7. In vegetable pathology, a name applied to a variety of diseases, some due to animal parasites, others to the decay of adventitious roots and consequent contamination of the adjacent ti ues, and still others probably to vitiation of the juices of the plant by principles derived from an unsuitable soil. In the human subject several conditions have been included under this term. [B, 19; L, 56, 73.] See STOMATITIS, APHTHA, and CANCER aquatic us.C.- berry. The fruit of the Rosa can in a and of the Solanum bahaE, he; E2, ell; G, go; I, die; I2, in; N, in; N2, tank; [s. 58]