Meanings
plural liver cancers
- uncountableusuallymedicineA malignant neoplasm of the liver.
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2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmalignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 肝癌
- 肝癌 (gān'ái)malignant neoplasm of the liver
Dutch leverkanker
- leverkankermalignant neoplasm of the liver
Finnish maksasyöpä
- maksasyöpämalignant neoplasm of the liver
French cancer du foie
- cancer du foiemalignant neoplasm of the liver
Japanese 肝癌
- 肝癌 (kangan)malignant neoplasm of the liver
Korean 간암
- 간암 (ganam)malignant neoplasm of the liver
Portuguese câncer de fígado
- câncer de fígadomalignant neoplasm of the liver
Russian рак пе́чени
- рак пе́чени (rak péčeni)malignant neoplasm of the liver
Swahili saratani ya ini, kansa ya ini
- saratani ya inimalignant neoplasm of the liver
- kansa ya inimalignant neoplasm of the liver
Swedish levercancer
- levercancermalignant neoplasm of the liver
Ukrainian рак печінки
- рак печінки (rak pečinky)malignant neoplasm of the liver
Cite this entry
liver cancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liver%20cancer
“liver cancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liver%20cancer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liver cancer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liver%20cancer.
Source: liver cancer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.