nasopharyngeal carcinoma

English

Noun

nasopharyngeal carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural nasopharyngeal carcinomata)

(pathology) A cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.
Synonyms: nasopharyngeal cancer, (abbreviation) NPC

Translations

cancer

Chinese:
Cantonese: 鼻咽癌 (bei⁶ jin¹ ngaam⁴)

Mandarin: 鼻咽癌 (zh) (bíyān'ái, bíyānyán), 鼻癌 (bí'ái, bíyán) (informal)
Finnish: nenänielukarsinooma
Vietnamese: ung thư vòm họng

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