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pancreatic cancer

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A malignant neoplasm of the pancreas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

cancer of the pancreas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: carcinoma

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 胰腺癌 (yíxiàn'ái) — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Dutch: alvleesklierkanker — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Esperanto: pankreta karcinomo — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Estonian: kõhunäärmevähk — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Finnish: haimasyöpä — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • French: cancer du pancréas — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • German: Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Hungarian: hasnyálmirigyrák — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Irish: ailse phaincréis — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Italian: cancro del pancreas — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Japanese: 膵癌 (suigan) — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Latin: cancer pancreaticus — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Polish: rak trzustki — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Portuguese: câncer pancreático — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Portuguese: cancro pancreático — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Romanian: cancer pancreatic — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Romanian: cancer de pancreas — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Russian: рак поджелу́дочной железы́ (rak podželúdočnoj železý) — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Spanish: cáncer de páncreas — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Swahili: saratani ya kongosho — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Swahili: kansa ya kongosho — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Swedish: bukspottkörtelcancer — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Swedish: cancer i bukspottskörteln — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Swedish: pankreascancer — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas
  • Turkish: pankreas kanseri — malignant neoplasm of the pancreas