肺はいがん

noun

lung cancer

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.