canker
can
ˈkÃĻn
kān
ker
kɜr
kēr
/kˈÃĻŋkɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "canker"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āϘāĻž, āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āφāϞāϏāĻžāϰ

a painful sore or ulcer inside the mouth or on the lips
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The doctor prescribed a gel to ease the pain of the canker.
āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āϘāĻž āĻāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āϞ āϞāĻŋāϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāϤ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ

a spreading, evil, and destructive influence that is hard to stop
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The canker of hatred can destroy communities.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āϘ⧃āĻŖāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ

a plant disease producing lesions, decay, or sores on stems, branches, or trunks
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Farmers inspected the trees for signs of canker.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϖ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ, āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ

a condition in horses in which a bacterial infection affects the hoof, causing inflammation, tissue erosion, and discharge
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Early treatment of canker can prevent further damage to the hoof.
āϖ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āϖ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāϤ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a plant or animal to develop a cankerous disease or sore
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fungus can canker young plants rapidly.
āĻ›āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāĻ• āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϘāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to develop a cankerous disease or sore
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Young plants can canker if not properly cared for.
āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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