1 The Class of 1984 included Loretta Lynch, who would later become the first African-American woman to be Attorney General of the United States. 2  In 1990, Barack Obama was elected as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
Old English cancer spreading sore, cancer (also canceradl), from Latin cancer a crab, later, malignant tumor, from Greek karkinos, which, like the Modern English word, has three meanings: crab, tumor, and the zodiac constellation (late Old English), from PIE root *qarq- to be hard (like the shell of a crab); cf.
Definition of cancer for English Language Learners. : a serious disease caused by cells that are not normal and that can spread to one or many parts of the body. : something bad or dangerous that causes other bad things to happen. Cancer : the fourth sign of the zodiac that comes between Gemini and Leo and has a crab as its symbol.