English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of canker

canker

/noun/ नासूर; व्रण; फ़ोड़ा;
/verb/खा जाना; कंठव्रण; कर्कटव्रण; मुखकर्कट;

Synonym cancer; ulcer; bite; canities;

English Dictionary:

1. Canker

[n.]

- A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.
- Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.
- A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.
- An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.
- A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.

2. Canker

[v. i.]

- To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

3. Canker

[v. t.]

- To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- To infect or pollute; to corrupt.