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brain cancer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various types of cancer associated with brain tumors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences

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Across languages

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18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَرَطَان اَلدِّمَاغ (saraṭān ad-dimāḡ) — cancer of the brain
  • Chinese Cantonese: 腦癌 /脑癌 (nou5 ngaam4) — cancer of the brain
  • Chinese Mandarin: 腦癌 /脑癌 (nǎo'ái) — cancer of the brain
  • Finnish: aivosyöpä — cancer of the brain
  • French: cancer du cerveau — cancer of the brain
  • German: Hirnkrebs — cancer of the brain
  • German: Gehirntumor — cancer of the brain
  • Italian: cancro al cervello — cancer of the brain
  • Japanese: 脳癌 (nōgan) — cancer of the brain
  • Korean: 뇌암 (noeam) — cancer of the brain
  • Portuguese: câncer de cérebro — cancer of the brain
  • Russian: рак мо́зга (rak mózga) — cancer of the brain
  • Spanish: cáncer del cerebro — cancer of the brain
  • Spanish: cáncer cerebral — cancer of the brain
  • Swahili: saratani ya ubongo — cancer of the brain
  • Swahili: kansa ya ubongo — cancer of the brain
  • Turkish: beyin kanseri — cancer of the brain
  • Vietnamese: ung thư não — cancer of the brain