cancer of the liver
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈkænsər əv ðə ˈlɪvər/
:
cáncer de hígado
- died of cancer of the liver
Examples
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But the underlying cause was cancer of the liver.
Blog text (27) -
At first, she thought it might be diabetes, which ran in her family, but when she proved negative for that, they put her through the full buffet of tests and discovered cancer of the liver.
Fiction book (2002) -
Some 160 million men and women are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), the most common cause of cirrhosis and cancer of the liver.
Blog text (27) -
Last year, my uncle was diagnosed with cancer of the liver, which spread from his earlier colon cancer.
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Many patients with cancer of the liver experience symptoms like jaundice and abdominal pain.
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After months of treatment, the doctor finally confirmed that she had cancer of the liver and recommended a specialist.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious liver disease in which cells grow too fast and form a harmful lump
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8.3
Cancer that starts in the main cells of the liver
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9.8
A cancer in the liver that starts in liver cells
A cancerous tumor in the liver that can spread to other parts
A cancer that starts in the liver cells
How Serious
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3.3
- Specialized
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: the disease label 'cancer' combined with the location 'liver' (with light function words 'of the') yields the literal meaning of a cancer affecting the liver. This is a common, cross‑linguistic medical construction, so a B1 learner who knows 'cancer' and 'liver' will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase cancer of the liver uses the word cancer, which comes from an old word for 'crab' because early doctors thought some growths spread out like a crab's legs. So cancer of the liver means a serious 'disease' where a harmful growth develops in the liver.