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肺がん (はいがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

肺はいがん

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Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

lung cancer

medicine

Medical term for cancer originating in the lungs. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

父ちちは肺はいがんで入にゅう院いんしています。
My father is hospitalized with lung cancer.
喫きつ煙えんは肺はいがんのリスクを高たかめます。
Smoking increases the risk of lung cancer.

Written forms

肺はいがんUsage67%
Common mixed-kana spelling; 癌 is often written in kana for readability.
肺はいガンUsage17%
Katakana spelling for がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.
肺はい癌がんUsage16%
Kanji spelling using 癌; less common in everyday writing but seen in medical contexts.

Kanji

肺

lungs

癌cancer, cancerous evil

Similar words

癌がん
General term for cancer; 肺がん specifies the lung as the affected organ.
肺はい疾しっ患かん
Broader term for lung diseases, not limited to cancer.

Etymology

Compound of 肺 (lung) and がん (cancer). がん is a phonetic adaptation of the English 'cancer' or from the kanji 癌.