endometrial cancer
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- noun
- /ˌɛndəˈmiːtriəl ˈkænsər/
- Specialized
:
cáncer endometrial
- The bad news is that I was just diagnosed with endometrial cancer.
Examples
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Women diagnosed with endometrial cancer often experience symptoms like abdominal swelling and irregular bleeding.
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Unfortunately, she's also just been diagnosed with endometrial cancer.
Blog text (19) -
Belly fat also raises your risk for endometrial cancer.
Blog text (32) -
"Endometrial cancer is a form of the condition that appears in the uterus of maybe two or three percent of all women," he explained.
Fiction book (2001) -
"But endometrial cancer usually occurs after menopause," I pointed out.
Fiction book (2001) -
Greta has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer, and soon will be undergoing surgery.
Blog text (19) -
She was referred to a specialist, had an MRI scan, and was diagnosed with endometrial cancer.
Blog text (13) -
Estrogen levels would be abnormally high, with no corresponding rise in progesterone, making the woman a prime candidate for endometrial cancer.
Fiction book (2001) -
Regular check-ups can help detect endometrial cancer in its early stages, improving treatment outcomes.
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Lifestyle changes may reduce the risk of developing endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women.
Synonyms
A cancer that starts in the lining of the womb
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective+noun medical term: 'endometrial' means 'pertaining to the lining of the uterus' and 'cancer' means uncontrolled cell growth, so together they directly denote 'cancer of the uterine lining.' The composition is literal and follows regular English nominal modification patterns (and similar constructions exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Endometrial cancer is built from word parts: endo- means 'inside' and -metrium means the womb lining. So it literally names cancer that starts in the womb lining, which is why it means 'cancer of the womb lining'.