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乳がん (にゅうがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

乳にゅうがん

にゅ

う

が

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

breast cancer

medicine

Medical term for breast cancer. Used in both clinical and general contexts.

彼かの女じょは乳にゅうがんの検けん診しんを受うけた。
She had a breast cancer screening.
乳にゅうがんは早そう期き発はっ見けんが重じゅう要ようです。
Early detection is important for breast cancer.

Written forms

乳にゅうがんUsage71%
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; widely used in medical and everyday contexts.
乳にゅう癌がんUsage22%
Full kanji form using 癌; common in medical documents but 癌 is not a jōyō kanji, so 乳がん is often preferred in general writing.
乳にゅうガンUsage7%
Katakana variant sometimes seen in informal or emphatic contexts; less common than 乳がん.

Kanji

milk, breasts

癌cancer, cancerous evil

Similar words

癌がん
癌 is the general term for cancer; 乳がん specifically refers to breast cancer.
腫しゅ瘍よう
腫瘍 means tumor (benign or malignant); 乳がん is a malignant tumor of the breast.

Etymology

Compound of 乳 (にゅう, 'breast, milk') and 癌 (がん, 'cancer'). The reading にゅうがん follows standard on'yomi.