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lung cancer

lung cancer noun: carcinoma of the lungs, cancer that begins in the lung(s), but can metastasize to virtually any tissue.

Noun

lung cancer (countable and uncountable, plural lung cancers)

  1. Carcinoma of the lungs, cancer that begins in the lung(s), but can metastasize to virtually any tissue.
  2. Any tumor, especially a malignant one, occurring in the lungs.

lung cancer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

lung cancer in Hindi

cancer of the lung(s)
फुफ्फुस कैन्सर phuphphus kainsar

lung cancer in Tamil

cancer of the lung(s)
நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோய் nuraiyīral puṟṟunōy

lung cancer in Marathi

cancer of the lung(s)
फुफ्फुसाचा कर्करोग phuphphusācā karkarog

lung cancer in Bengali

cancer of the lung(s)
ফুসফুসের ক্যান্সার phuśphuśer kênśar
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lung cancer in Telugu
ఊపిరితిత్తుల కాన్సర్ ūpiritittula kānsar
lung cancer in Malayalam
ശ്വാസകോശാർബുദം śvāsakōśāṟbudaṁ
lung cancer in Kannada
ಶ್ವಾಸಕೋಶದ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ śvāsakōśada kyānsar
lung cancer in Punjabi
ਫੇਫੜੇ ਦਾ ਕੈਂਸਰ phephṛe dā kainsar
lung cancer in Odia
ଫୁସଫୁସ କର୍କଟ phusaphusa karkaṭa
lung cancer in Sinhala
පෙනහළු පිළිකා penahaḷu piḷikā
lung cancer in Nepali
फोक्सो क्यान्सर phokso kyānsar
lung cancer in Tagalog
kanser sa baga
lung cancer in Arabic
سَرَطَان اَلرِّئَة saraṭān ar-riʔa
lung cancer in Malay
kanser paru-paru
lung cancer in Indonesian
kanker paru-paru
lung cancer in Persian
سرطان ریه
lung cancer in Thai
มะเร็งปอด
lung cancer in Vietnamese
ung thư phổi

Forms of lung cancer

plurallung cancers

Questions about lung cancer

What does lung cancer mean?
Lung cancer means carcinoma of the lungs, cancer that begins in the lung(s), but can metastasize to virtually any tissue.
What is lung cancer in Hindi?
Lung cancer in Hindi is फुफ्फुस कैन्सर (phuphphus kainsar). See Lung cancer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lung cancer?
Lung cancer is a noun.
What is the plural of lung cancer?
The plural of lung cancer is lung cancers.

Words near lung cancer in the dictionary

  1. Lunfardo
  2. lung
  3. lung buster
  4. lung busters
  5. lung butter
  6. lung cancer
  7. lung cancers
  8. lung capacities
  9. lung capacity
  10. lung dart
  11. lung darts

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