🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

cancer du sein

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /kɑ̃.sɛʁ dy sɛ̃/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Breast cancer/ˈbrɛst ˌkænsər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le dépistage précoce du cancer du sein sauve des vies."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the breast, typically originating in the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply them with milk.

    "Early detection of breast cancer significantly increases the chances of successful treatment and recovery."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'breast', derived from Old English 'brēost' of Germanic origin, and 'cancer', from Latin 'cancer' meaning 'crab' or 'malignant tumor', used by Hippocrates. The compound medical term has been established in modern English medical nomenclature since the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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