Cantelli's sign (medicine) and cancer(1) (iou)

Cantelli's sign (medicine)

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doll's eye sign
<clinical sign> Reflex movement of the eyes in the opposite direction to that which the head is moved, e.g., the eyes being lowered as the head is raised, and the reverse (Cantelli's sign); an indication of functional integrity of the brainstem tegmental pathways and cranial nerves involved in eye movement.

Synonym: vestibular ocular reflex.

cancer(1) (iou)

cancer noun. OE.
[Latin = crab, creeping ulcer, after Greek karkinos: cf. CANKER noun, CARCINOMA.]
1. (Cancer.) (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the northern hemisphere, on the ecliptic between Gemini and Leo; Astrology (the name of) the fourth zodiacal sign, usu. associated with the period 22 June to 22 July (see note s.v. ZODIAC); the Crab. OE.
tropic of Cancer: see TROPIC noun & adjective.
attrib.: E. Kirk The Cancer men are far more constant than the Cancer women.
b. A person born under the sign Cancer. M20.
2. A malignant tumour or growth of body tissue that tends to spread and may recur if removed; disease in which such a growth occurs. Cf. CANKER noun 1 (the usual form until 17). OE.
soft cancer: see SOFT adjective.
b. fig. An evil spreading in the manner of a cancer. M17.
M. L. King A dangerous cancer of hatred and racism in our society.
3. A crab. E17-L18.
Comb.: cancer bush S. Afr. a leguminous shrub, Sutherlandia frutescens, cultivated for its red flowers; cancer-root broomrape; cancer stick slang a cigarette; cancer-wort fluellen.
Cancerian noun & adjective (a) noun a person born under the sign Cancer; (b) adjective of or pertaining to the sign Cancer; (characteristic of one) born under Cancer: E20.
canceri'cidal,
cancero'cidal adjectives tending to destroy cancer cells M20.

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