anticanceroso

Italian

Etymology

From anti- +‎ canceroso.

Adjective

anticanceroso (feminine anticancerosa, masculine plural anticancerosi, feminine plural anticancerose)

1. (medicine) anticancer, antitumour / antitumor

Anagrams

• anticonoscerà, transoceanico

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

Portuguese anti-

Portuguese canceroso

Portuguese anticanceroso

From anti- + canceroso.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kɐ̃.seˈɾo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɐ̃.ti.kɐ̃.sɨˈɾo.zu/

Adjective

anticanceroso (feminine anticancerosa, masculine plural anticancerosos, feminine plural anticancerosas, metaphonic)

1. (medicine) anticancer (used to treat cancer)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) anticancro, (Brazil) anticâncer

Further reading

• “anticanceroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anticanceroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Adjective

anticanceroso (feminine anticancerosa, masculine plural anticancerosos, feminine plural anticancerosas)

1. anticancer

Further reading

• “anticanceroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025