Phrase guide

skin cancer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A malignant growth on the skin, such as melanoma.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a malignant neoplasm of the skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: carcinoma

Narrower terms: cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma, epithelioma, melanoma, malignant melanoma

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Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَرَطَان اَلْجِلْد (saraṭān al-jild) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Armenian: մաշկի քաղցկեղ (maški kʻaġcʻkeġ) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Asturian: cáncanu de piel — malignant growth on the skin
  • Azerbaijani: dəri xərçəngi — malignant growth on the skin
  • Basque: larruazaleko minbizi — malignant growth on the skin
  • Belarusian: рак скуры (rak skury) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Bengali: ত্বকের ক্যান্সার (toker kênśar) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Burmese: အရေပြားကင်ဆာ (a.re-pra:kanghca) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Catalan: càncer de pell — malignant growth on the skin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 皮膚癌 /皮肤癌 (pífū'ái) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Czech: rakovina kůže — malignant growth on the skin
  • Danish: hudkræft — malignant growth on the skin
  • Dutch: huidkanker — malignant growth on the skin
  • Esperanto: haŭtkancero — malignant growth on the skin
  • Finnish: ihosyöpä — malignant growth on the skin
  • French: cancer de la peau — malignant growth on the skin
  • French: cancer cutané — malignant growth on the skin
  • Galician: cancro de pel — malignant growth on the skin
  • German: Hautkrebs — malignant growth on the skin
  • Greek: μελάνωμα (melánoma) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Hebrew: סרטן העור (sartán haór) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Hungarian: bőrrák — malignant growth on the skin
  • Icelandic: húðkrabbamein — malignant growth on the skin
  • Indonesian: kanker kulit — malignant growth on the skin
  • Irish: ailse chraicinn — malignant growth on the skin
  • Italian: tumore cutaneo — malignant growth on the skin
  • Japanese: 皮膚癌 (hifugan) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Kannada: ಚರ್ಮ ಕ್ಯಾನ್ಸರ್ (carma kyānsar) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Kazakh: тері рагы (terı ragy) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Korean: 피부암 (pibuam) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Lao: ມະເຮັງຜິວຫນັງ (ma heng phiu nang) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Lithuanian: odos vėžys — malignant growth on the skin
  • Malay: kanser kulit — malignant growth on the skin
  • Marathi: त्वचेचा कर्करोग (tvacecā karkarog) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hudkreft — malignant growth on the skin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hudkreft — malignant growth on the skin
  • Odia: ତ୍ୱକ କର୍କଟ (twaka karkaṭa) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Persian: سرطان پوست — malignant growth on the skin
  • Portuguese: câncer de pele — malignant growth on the skin
  • Portuguese: cancro de pele — malignant growth on the skin
  • Punjabi: ਚਮੜੀ ਦਾ ਕੈਂਸਰ (camṛī dā kainsar) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Romanian: cancer de piele — malignant growth on the skin
  • Russian: рак ко́жи (rak kóži) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Slovak: rakovina kože — malignant growth on the skin
  • Slovene: kožni rak — malignant growth on the skin
  • Spanish: cáncer de piel — malignant growth on the skin
  • Swahili: saratani ya ngozi — malignant growth on the skin
  • Swahili: kansa ya ngozi — malignant growth on the skin
  • Swedish: hudcancer — malignant growth on the skin
  • Tamil: தோல் புற்றுநோய் (tōl puṟṟunōy) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Thai: มะเร็งผิวหนัง (máreng pĭw năng) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Turkish: cilt kanseri — malignant growth on the skin
  • Ukrainian: рак шкіри (rak škiry) — malignant growth on the skin
  • Vietnamese: ung thư da — malignant growth on the skin