colon cancer
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈkoʊlən ˈkæn.sɚ/
- Specialized
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cáncer de cólon
- Symptoms of colon cancer may include bloody stools or persistent abdominal discomfort.
But Steven, colon cancer, which can present with red stool.
- But Steven, colon cancer, which can present with red stool.
- And my father was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago.
- He told us that he himself had terminal colon cancer.
- And those are cancers like colon cancer.
- People just don't think of young people getting colon cancer and yet you know, they do.
- So these researchers included all relevant studies that had anything to do with processed meat and colon cancer.
- So it's not as harmful and, and people that don't have a certain version of that that's doing it well are very prone to like colon cancer and increased cancer risk.
Examples
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When President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery for colon cancer in 1985, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was again not officially invoked.
Academic text (2014) -
So if you can have this particular gene, then the risk of colon cancer is high.
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But it is going to screen for: colon cancer, which is better than nothing.
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That he died of colon cancer.
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And my father was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago.
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And ultimately, screening has been shown to reduce death from colon cancer in the in the long term.
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People just don't think of young people getting colon cancer and yet you know, they do.
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Socioeconomic factors in particular appear to influence colon cancer care in urban America.
Academic text (2011) -
What he died of was cancer: colon cancer metastasized to the liver.
Academic text (1995) -
He has colon cancer.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
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5.8
A cancer that starts in the skin or inner layer of organs
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
Antonyms
How Advanced
- Specialized
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5.1
- Specialized
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2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'colon cancer' denotes cancer located in the colon and its meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'colon' (intestinal segment) + 'cancer' (disease of uncontrolled cell division). This follows a common noun+noun medical naming pattern found cross-linguistically, so even if somewhat technical it is not idiomatic and a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.
Etymology
Colon cancer is a name that tells you where the cancer is: the colon is the large tube in the belly that holds waste, and cancer means a harmful growth. So, colon cancer simply means 'a cancer in the colon'.