breast cancer

noun

Cancer of the breast.

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Meanings

nounbreast cancer (countable and uncountable, plural breast cancers)

plural breast cancers

  1. countableuncountablemedicineCancer of the breast.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
boob cancer

Translations

Arabic سَرَطَان اَلثَّدْي
  • سَرَطَان اَلثَّدْي (saraṭān aṯ-ṯady)cancer of the breast
Catalan càncer de mama
  • càncer de mamacancer of the breast
Chinese Mandarin 乳癌
  • 乳癌 (rǔ'ái)cancer of the breast
Czech rakovina prsu
  • rakovina prsucancer of the breast
Dutch borstkanker
  • borstkankercancer of the breast
Esperanto mama kancero, mamkancero
  • mama kancerocancer of the breast
  • mamkancerocancer of the breast
Finnish rintasyöpä
  • rintasyöpäcancer of the breast
French cancer du sein
  • cancer du seincancer of the breast
German Brustkrebs, Mammakarzinom
  • Brustkrebscancer of the breast
  • Mammakarzinomcancer of the breast
Hungarian mellrák, emlőrák
  • mellrákcancer of the breast
  • emlőrákcancer of the breast
Icelandic brjóstakrabbamein, brjóstakrabbi
  • brjóstakrabbameincancer of the breast
  • brjóstakrabbicancer of the breast
Irish ailse chíche
  • ailse chíchecancer of the breast
Japanese 乳癌
  • 乳癌 (nyūgan)cancer of the breast
Korean 유방암
  • 유방암 (yubang'am)cancer of the breast
Malay kanser payudara
  • kanser payudaracancer of the breast
Māori mate ūtaetae
  • mate ūtaetaecancer of the breast
Norwegian Bokmål brystkreft
  • brystkreftcancer of the breast
Polish rak piersi
  • rak piersicancer of the breast
Portuguese câncer de mama, cancro de mama
  • câncer de mamacancer of the breast
  • cancro de mamacancer of the breast
Russian рак груди́
  • рак груди́ (rak grudí)cancer of the breast
Spanish cáncer de mama
  • cáncer de mamacancer of the breast
Swahili saratani ya matiti, kansa ya matiti
  • saratani ya matiticancer of the breast
  • kansa ya matiticancer of the breast
Swedish bröstcancer
  • bröstcancercancer of the breast
Thai มะเร็งเต้านม
  • มะเร็งเต้านม (má-reng-dtâo-nom)cancer of the breast
Turkish meme kanseri
  • meme kansericancer of the breast
Vietnamese ung thư vú
  • ung thư vúcancer of the breast
Cite this entry
APA

breast cancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20cancer

MLA

“breast cancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20cancer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breast cancer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20cancer.

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