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卵巣がん (ransougan) Japanese meaning: ovarian cancer | Kotomora

卵らん巣そうがん

ら

ん

そ

う

が

ん

Meanings

1

ovarian cancer; ovarian carcinoma

Medical term for malignant tumors of the ovary. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

卵らん巣そうがんは早そう期き発はっ見けんが難むずかしいと

言い

わ

れ

て

いる

。

Ovarian cancer is said to be difficult to detect early.

母ははが卵らん巣そうがんと診しん断だんされた。

My mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Kanji

卵egg, ovum, spawn
巣nest, rookery, hive
癌cancer, cancerous evil

Related words

子し宮きゅう頸けいがん
Cervical cancer; a different gynecological cancer, often screened with Pap tests.
乳にゅうがん
Breast cancer; another common cancer in women, distinct from ovarian cancer.

Written forms

卵らん巣そうがん
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling; がん is often written in kana in medical and general contexts.
卵らん巣そう癌がん
Kanji spelling using 癌 for 'cancer'; more formal or technical, but still widely understood.
卵らん巣そうガン
Katakana spelling for がん; sometimes used for emphasis or in medical pamphlets.

Etymology

Compound of 卵巣 (ovary) and がん (cancer). The reading らんそう is standard for 卵巣, and がん is the on'yomi of 癌.