"nasopharyngeal carcinoma" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nasopharyngeal carcinomata [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|nasopharyngeal carcinomata}} nasopharyngeal carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural nasopharyngeal carcinomata)
  1. (pathology) A cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases, Oncology Synonyms: nasopharyngeal cancer, NPC [abbreviation] Translations (cancer): 鼻咽癌 (bei⁶ jin¹ ngaam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 鼻咽癌 (bíyān'ái, bíyānyán) (Chinese Mandarin), 鼻癌 (bí'ái, bíyán) [informal] (Chinese Mandarin), nenänielukarsinooma (Finnish), ung thư vòm họng (Vietnamese)

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