uterine cancer

noun

Any of certain cancers that occur in the uterus, excluding cervical cancer; their principal division into types is as endometrial cancer (adenocarcinoma and carcinosarcoma of the endometrium) and uterine sarcoma (sarcoma of the myometrium).

Meanings

nounuterine cancer (countable and uncountable, plural uterine cancers)

plural uterine cancers

  1. countableidiomaticuncountableAny of certain cancers that occur in the uterus, excluding cervical cancer; their principal division into types is as endometrial cancer (adenocarcinoma and carcinosarcoma of the endometrium) and uterine sarcoma (sarcoma of the myometrium).
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