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nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables
na-sopha-ryn-geal -car-ci-no-ma
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
8
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

nasopharyngeal carcinomata (plural)

Synonyms

nasopharyngeal cancer NPC

Questions

What does nasopharyngeal carcinoma mean?
A cancer originating in the nasopharynx, most commonly in the posterolateral aspect of the nasopharynx.

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