Phrase guide

esophageal cancer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

(oncology) A malignancy in the esophagus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 食道癌 (shídào'ái) — cancer
  • Czech: rakovina jícnu — cancer
  • Dutch: slokdarmkanker — cancer
  • Finnish: ruokatorven syöpä — cancer
  • Finnish: ruokatorvisyöpä — cancer
  • French: cancer de l'œsophage — cancer
  • German: Speiseröhrenkrebs — cancer
  • German: Ösophaguskrebs — cancer
  • Japanese: 食道癌 (shokudōgan) — cancer
  • Portuguese: câncer de esôfago — cancer
  • Russian: рак пищево́да (rak piščevóda) — cancer
  • Spanish: cáncer de esófago — cancer
  • Swahili: saratani ya umio — cancer
  • Swahili: kansa ya umio — cancer
  • Swedish: matstrupscancer — cancer
  • Swedish: esofaguscancer — cancer