| canker | | |
| n. (state) | 1. canker | a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark. |
| ~ plant disease | a disease that affects plants. |
| n. (state) | 2. canker, canker sore | an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth). |
| ~ ulcer, ulceration | a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. canker, pestilence | a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" |
| ~ influence | a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do.; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking" |
| v. (body) | 4. canker | become infected with a canker. |
| ~ sicken, come down | get sick.; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" |
| v. (body) | 5. canker | infect with a canker. |
| ~ infect | communicate a disease to.; "Your children have infected you with this head cold" |
| canker sore | | |
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