Phrase guide

breast cancer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Cancer of the breast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carcinoma

History

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَرَطَان اَلثَّدْي (saraṭān aṯ-ṯady) — cancer of the breast
  • Catalan: càncer de mama — cancer of the breast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳癌 (rǔ'ái) — cancer of the breast
  • Czech: rakovina prsu — cancer of the breast
  • Dutch: borstkanker — cancer of the breast
  • Esperanto: mama kancero — cancer of the breast
  • Esperanto: mamkancero — cancer of the breast
  • Finnish: rintasyöpä — cancer of the breast
  • French: cancer du sein — cancer of the breast
  • Georgian: მკერდის კიბო (mḳerdis ḳibo) — cancer of the breast
  • German: Brustkrebs — cancer of the breast
  • German: Mammakarzinom — cancer of the breast
  • Hungarian: mellrák — cancer of the breast
  • Hungarian: emlőrák — cancer of the breast
  • Icelandic: brjóstakrabbamein — cancer of the breast
  • Icelandic: brjóstakrabbi — cancer of the breast
  • Irish: ailse chíche — cancer of the breast
  • Japanese: 乳癌 (nyūgan) — cancer of the breast
  • Korean: 유방암 (yubang'am) — cancer of the breast
  • Malay: kanser payudara — cancer of the breast
  • Malayalam: സ്തനാർബുദം (stanāṟbudaṁ) — cancer of the breast
  • Māori: mate ūtaetae — cancer of the breast
  • Mongolian: хөхний өмөн (xöxnii ömön) — cancer of the breast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brystkreft — cancer of the breast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brystkreft — cancer of the breast
  • Polish: rak piersi — cancer of the breast
  • Portuguese: câncer de mama — cancer of the breast
  • Portuguese: cancro de mama — cancer of the breast
  • Russian: рак груди́ (rak grudí) — cancer of the breast
  • Spanish: cáncer de mama — cancer of the breast
  • Swahili: saratani ya matiti — cancer of the breast
  • Swahili: kansa ya matiti — cancer of the breast
  • Swedish: bröstcancer — cancer of the breast
  • Thai: มะเร็งเต้านม (má-reng-dtâo-nom) — cancer of the breast
  • Turkish: meme kanseri — cancer of the breast
  • Vietnamese: ung thư vú — cancer of the breast