Vocabulary

cancer

癌(がん)

A2 · Elementary Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
Cancer is a disease caused when cells divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues. Cancer is caused by changes to DNA. Most cancer-causing DNA changes occur in sections of DNA called genes. These changes are also called genetic changes.
がんは、細胞(さいぼう)が制御(せいぎょ)不能(ふのう)に分裂(ぶんれつ)し、周囲(しゅうい)の組織(そしき)に広(ひろ)がるときに引(ひ)き起(お)こされる病気(びょうき)です。癌(がん)はDNAの変化(へんか)によって引(ひ)き起(お)こされます。ほとんどの癌(がん)を引(ひ)き起(お)こすDNAの変化(へんか)は、遺伝子(いでんし)と呼(よ)ばれるDNAのセクションで発生(はっせい)します。これらの変化(へんか)は、遺伝(いでん)的(てき)変化(へんか)とも呼(よ)ばれます。

Examples

  1. According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the number one killer, with 142,670 estimated deaths in 2019 alone, making it three times deadlier than breast cancer.