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cervical cancer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences

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Across languages

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36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: servikale kanker — cancer of the cervix
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子宮頸癌 /子宫颈癌 (zǐgōngjǐng'ái) — cancer of the cervix
  • Czech: karcinom děložního hrdla — cancer of the cervix
  • Czech: karcinom děložního čípku — cancer of the cervix
  • Danish: livmoderhalskræft — cancer of the cervix
  • Dutch: baarmoederhalskanker — cancer of the cervix
  • Finnish: kohdunkaulansyöpä — cancer of the cervix
  • French: cancer cervical — cancer of the cervix
  • French: cancer du col de l'utérus — cancer of the cervix
  • French: cancer du col utérin — cancer of the cervix
  • German: Gebärmutterhalskrebs — cancer of the cervix
  • German: Kollumkarzinom — cancer of the cervix
  • German: Zervixkarzinom — cancer of the cervix
  • Hungarian: méhnyakrák — cancer of the cervix
  • Icelandic: leghálskrabbamein — cancer of the cervix
  • Indonesian: kanker leher rahim — cancer of the cervix
  • Irish: ailse cheirbheacs — cancer of the cervix
  • Japanese: 子宮頸癌 (shikyūkeigan) — cancer of the cervix
  • Latin: carcinoma cervicis uteri — cancer of the cervix
  • Malay: barah pangkal rahim — cancer of the cervix
  • Norwegian Bokmål: livmorhalskreft — cancer of the cervix
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: livmorhalskreft — cancer of the cervix
  • Polish: rak szyjki macicy — cancer of the cervix
  • Portuguese: câncer cervical — cancer of the cervix
  • Portuguese: cancro cervical — cancer of the cervix
  • Romanian: cancer cervical — cancer of the cervix
  • Romanian: cancer de col uterin — cancer of the cervix
  • Russian: рак ше́йки ма́тки (rak šéjki mátki) — cancer of the cervix
  • Spanish: cáncer cervical — cancer of the cervix
  • Swahili: saratani ya mlango wa kizazi — cancer of the cervix
  • Swahili: kansa ya mlango wa kizazi — cancer of the cervix
  • Swedish: livmoderhalscancer — cancer of the cervix
  • Swedish: cervixcancer — cancer of the cervix
  • Turkish: rahim ağzı kanseri — cancer of the cervix
  • Turkish: servikal kanser — cancer of the cervix
  • Turkish: serviks kanseri — cancer of the cervix