green cancer

noun

Chloroma.

Meanings

noungreen cancer (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablemedicineChloroma.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

  1. Frenchcancer vert
  2. Englishgreen cancer

A calque of French cancer vert.

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