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喉癌

hóu'ái
noun #37,096

Meanings

  1. 1 throat cancer
  2. 2 laryngeal cancer

Examples

长期吸烟会增加患喉癌的风险。
Chángqī xīyān huì zēngjiā huàn hóu'ái de fēngxiǎn.
Long-term smoking increases the risk of throat cancer.
他被诊断出患有喉癌。
Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū huànyǒu hóu'ái.
He was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer.

Tips

usage
喉癌 specifically denotes cancer of the larynx (voice box). For pharyngeal cancer the term is 咽癌 (yān'ái); the two are sometimes lumped together in casual speech but are distinct medically.

Stroke Order

喉 hóu
癌 ái