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      cankered
      noun
      a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
      an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
      a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
      verb
      infect with a canker
      become infected with a canker
      Roots
      cancercanker- · Latin · crab
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