癌症

ái zhèng

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Common

Definitions

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tumor

A tumor is a mass, which can be benign or malignant, whereas 癌症 specifically means cancer (malignant tumor).

malignant

恶性 means malignant, as in 恶性肿瘤 (malignant tumor), closely associated with 癌症.

Common collocations: 得癌症 (to get cancer), 癌症患者 (cancer patient), 癌症治疗 (cancer treatment).

癌症 is not used for benign tumors; use 肿瘤 for a general tumor.

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他得了癌症。

He got cancer.

我有癌症。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10699402)

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terminal cancer

cancer

disease

abdominal tumor