Meanings
nounesophageal cancer (plural esophageal cancers)
plural esophageal cancers · alternative oesophageal cancer
- USmedicine(oncology) A malignancy in the esophagus.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 食道癌
- 食道癌 (shídào'ái)cancer
Czech rakovina jícnu
- rakovina jícnucancer
Dutch slokdarmkanker
- slokdarmkankercancer
Finnish ruokatorven syöpä, ruokatorvisyöpä
- ruokatorven syöpäcancer
- ruokatorvisyöpäcancer
French cancer de l'œsophage
- cancer de l'œsophagecancer
German Speiseröhrenkrebs, Ösophaguskrebs
- Speiseröhrenkrebscancer
- Ösophaguskrebscancer
Japanese 食道癌
- 食道癌 (shokudōgan)cancer
Portuguese câncer de esôfago
- câncer de esôfagocancer
Russian рак пищево́да
- рак пищево́да (rak piščevóda)cancer
Spanish cáncer de esófago
- cáncer de esófagocancer
Swahili saratani ya umio, kansa ya umio
- saratani ya umiocancer
- kansa ya umiocancer
Swedish matstrupscancer, esofaguscancer
- matstrupscancercancer
- esofaguscancercancer
Cite this entry
APA
esophageal cancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esophageal%20cancer
MLA
“esophageal cancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esophageal%20cancer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “esophageal cancer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/esophageal%20cancer.
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