noun
scirrhous carcinoma; scirrhus
Medical term for a hard, fibrous type of carcinoma, often found in the stomach or breast.
硬性癌は線維組織が多く、硬いしこりとして触れることがある。
Scirrhous carcinoma has abundant fibrous tissue and may be felt as a hard lump.
Standard kanji spelling for this medical term.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Katakana spelling for がん, occasionally seen in medical contexts.
癌 is the general term for cancer, while 硬性癌 specifies a histological subtype with dense fibrous stroma.
From 硬性 (こうせい, 'hard, sclerotic') + 癌 (がん, 'cancer'). The term is a direct medical compound describing the firm consistency of this carcinoma type.