Meanings
nounlung cancer (countable and uncountable, plural lung cancers)
plural lung cancers
- countableuncountableAny tumor, especially a malignant one, occurring in the lungs.
Translations
Arabic سَرَطَان اَلرِّئَة
- سَرَطَان اَلرِّئَة (saraṭān ar-riʔa)cancer of the lung(s)
Basque birikako minbizi
- birikako minbizicancer of the lung(s)
Bengali ফুসফুসের ক্যান্সার
- ফুসফুসের ক্যান্সার (phuśphuśer kênśar)cancer of the lung(s)
Bulgarian рак на белия дроб
- рак на белия дроб (rak na belija drob)cancer of the lung(s)
Catalan càncer de pulmó
- càncer de pulmócancer of the lung(s)
Chinese Mandarin 肺癌, 肺癌
- 肺癌 (fèi'ái)carcinoma of the lungs
- 肺癌 (fèi'ái)cancer of the lung(s)
- 肺腫瘤 /肺肿瘤 (fèi zhǒngliú)cancer of the lung(s)
Czech karcinom plic, rakovina plic
- karcinom pliccancer of the lung(s)
- rakovina pliccancer of the lung(s)
Danish lungekræft
- lungekræftcancer of the lung(s)
Dutch longkanker
- longkankercancer of the lung(s)
Esperanto pulma kancero
- pulma kancerocancer of the lung(s)
Estonian kopsuvähk
- kopsuvähkcancer of the lung(s)
Finnish keuhkosyöpä, keuhkosyöpä
- keuhkosyöpäcarcinoma of the lungs
- keuhkosyöpäcancer of the lung(s)
French cancer du poumon
- cancer du poumoncancer of the lung(s)
German Lungenkrebs
- Lungenkrebscancer of the lung(s)
Greek καρκίνος του πνεύμονα
- καρκίνος του πνεύμονα (karkínos tou pnévmona)cancer of the lung(s)
Hebrew סרטן הריאה
- סרטן הריאהcancer of the lung(s)
Hindi फुफ्फुस कैन्सर
- फुफ्फुस कैन्सर (phuphphus kainsar)cancer of the lung(s)
Hungarian tüdőrák
- tüdőrákcancer of the lung(s)
Icelandic lungnakrabbamein, lungnakrabbi
- lungnakrabbameincancer of the lung(s)
- lungnakrabbicancer of the lung(s)
Indonesian kanker paru-paru
- kanker paru-parucancer of the lung(s)
Irish ailse scamhóg
- ailse scamhógcancer of the lung(s)
Italian carcinoma del polmone
- carcinoma del polmonecancer of the lung(s)
Japanese 肺癌
- 肺癌 (haigan)cancer of the lung(s)
Korean 폐암
- 폐암 (pyeam)cancer of the lung(s)
Latvian plaušu vēzis
- plaušu vēziscancer of the lung(s)
Lithuanian plaučių vėžys
- plaučių vėžyscancer of the lung(s)
Malay kanser paru-paru
- kanser paru-parucancer of the lung(s)
Māori mate pukupuku pūkahukahu
- mate pukupuku pūkahukahucancer of the lung(s)
Norwegian Bokmål lungekreft
- lungekreftcancer of the lung(s)
Persian سرطان ریه
- سرطان ریهcancer of the lung(s)
Polish rak płuca
- rak płucacancer of the lung(s)
Portuguese cancro do pulmão, câncer de pulmão
- cancro do pulmãocancer of the lung(s)
- câncer de pulmãocancer of the lung(s)
Punjabi ਫੇਫੜੇ ਦਾ ਕੈਂਸਰ
- ਫੇਫੜੇ ਦਾ ਕੈਂਸਰ (phephṛe dā kainsar)cancer of the lung(s)
Romanian cancer pulmonar
- cancer pulmonarcancer of the lung(s)
Russian рак лёгких
- рак лёгких (rak ljóxkix)cancer of the lung(s)
Slovak rakovina pľúc, karcinóm pľúc
- rakovina pľúccancer of the lung(s)
- karcinóm pľúccancer of the lung(s)
Spanish cáncer de pulmón
- cáncer de pulmóncancer of the lung(s)
Swahili saratani ya mapafu
- saratani ya mapafucancer of the lung(s)
Swedish lungcancer
- lungcancercancer of the lung(s)
Tagalog kanser sa baga
- kanser sa bagacancer of the lung(s)
Tamil நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோய்
- நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோய் (nuraiyīral puṟṟunōy)cancer of the lung(s)
Thai มะเร็งปอด
- มะเร็งปอดcancer of the lung(s)
Turkish akciğer kanseri
- akciğer kansericancer of the lung(s)
Ukrainian рак легені
- рак легені (rak leheni)cancer of the lung(s)
Vietnamese ung thư phổi
- ung thư phổicancer of the lung(s)
Welsh canser yr ysgyfaint
- canser yr ysgyfaintcancer of the lung(s)
Yiddish לונגענראַק
- לונגענראַק (lungenrak)cancer of the lung(s)
Cite this entry
APA
lung cancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lung%20cancer
MLA
“lung cancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lung%20cancer. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lung cancer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lung%20cancer.
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