Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lung cancer

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: lung -cancer
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carcinoma of the lungs, cancer that begins in the lung(s), but can metastasize to virtually any tissue.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any tumor, especially a malignant one, occurring in the lungs.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

lung cancers (plural)

Questions

What does lung cancer mean?: Carcinoma of the lungs, cancer that begins in the lung(s), but can metastasize to virtually any tissue.

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