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肝臓がん (かんぞうがん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

肝かん臓ぞうがん

か

ん

ぞ

う

が

ん

Meanings

1

noun

liver cancer

medicine

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.

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.

Kanji

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

Similar 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.

Etymology

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