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nasopharyngeal carcinoma

nasopharyngeal carcinoma noun: a cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.

Noun

nasopharyngeal carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural nasopharyngeal carcinomata)

  1. A cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.
    Synonyms:
    nasopharyngeal cancer, NPC

nasopharyngeal carcinoma meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Tamil

மூக்குத்தொண்டை தசைப்புற்று

nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Vietnamese

cancer
ung thư vòm họng

Synonyms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Forms of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

pluralnasopharyngeal carcinomata

Questions about nasopharyngeal carcinoma

What does nasopharyngeal carcinoma mean?
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma means a cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.
What is nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Tamil?
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Tamil is மூக்குத்தொண்டை தசைப்புற்று. See Nasopharyngeal carcinoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nasopharyngeal carcinoma?
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a noun.
What is the plural of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?
The plural of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is nasopharyngeal carcinomata.

Words near nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the dictionary

  1. nasopalatine nerve
  2. nasopalatine nerves
  3. nasopancreatic
  4. nasopharngeal
  5. nasopharyngeal
  6. nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  7. nasopharyngeal tonsil
  8. nasopharyngeal tonsils
  9. nasopharyngeally
  10. nasopharyngectomies
  11. nasopharyngectomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nasopharyngeal carcinoma (page history and authors); nasopharyngeal carcinoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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