Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cancerite \Can"cer*ite\, n. [Cf. F. canc['e]reux.]
   Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer;
   affected with cancer. ``Cancerous vices.'' --G. Eliot. --
   {Can"cer*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can"cer*ous*ness}, n.