lung cancer

/lʌŋ ˈkænsər/· 名词

科学/科研/医疗B1

lung cancer
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Chinese meaning

肺fèi癌ái

起qǐ源yuán于yú肺fèi部bù、可kě扩kuò散sàn的de恶è性xìng肿zhǒng瘤liú

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教jiào皇huáng良liáng十shí四sì世shì确què诊zhěn肺fèi癌ái,已yǐ切qiē除chú右yòu肺fèi下xià叶yè

Example

Pope Leo XIV was diagnosed with lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed during surgery on Tuesday, the Vatican said.

梵fàn蒂dì冈gāng表biǎo示shì,教jiào皇huáng良liáng十shí四sì世shì被bèi确què诊zhěn患huàn有yǒu肺fèi癌ái,周zhōu二èr手shǒu术shù切qiē除chú了le右yòu肺fèi下xià叶yè。

Source: ABC News · 13 Oct 2026

Background ✎

梵fàn蒂dì冈gāng宣xuān布bù,教jiào皇huáng良liáng十shí四sì世shì被bèi确què诊zhěn患huàn上shàng肺fèi癌ái,已yǐ于yú本běn周zhōu二èr接jiē受shòu手shǒu术shù切qiē除chú右yòu肺fèi下xià叶yè。

Roots · etymology

cancer源自拉丁语cancer(螃蟹),古人觉得肿瘤血管蔓延像蟹腿

  • lung(肺,单纯词)+ cancer(恶性肿瘤,源自拉丁"螃蟹")

Collocations

  • diagnosed with lung cancer / lung cancer surgery / early-stage lung cancer

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