肝かん臓ぞうがん

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Meanings

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liver cancer

Medical term for malignant tumors originating in the liver. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

肝かん臓ぞうがんの早そう期き発はっ見けんは難むずかしいと言いわれている。
Early detection of liver cancer is said to be difficult.
父ちちは肝かん臓ぞうがんと診しん断だんされた。
My father was diagnosed with liver cancer.

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Kanji

肝liver, pluck, nerve
臓entrails, viscera, bowels
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Related words

肝かんがん
A shorter synonym also meaning liver cancer, but 肝臓がん is more explicit and common in patient-facing contexts.
肝かん臓ぞう
The organ 'liver'; 肝臓がん specifically refers to cancer of this organ.

Written forms

肝かん臓ぞうがん
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; がん is often written in kana in medical and general contexts.
肝かん臓ぞう癌がん
Full kanji spelling; 癌 is a non-jōyō kanji, so this form appears less often in general writing.
肝かん臓ぞうガン
Katakana spelling for がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in medical materials.

Etymology

Compound of 肝臓 (liver) and がん (cancer). The reading がん for 癌 is standard in medical terminology.