Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A type of cancer of the cervix of the uterus which can afflict some female mammals including humans. The term usually does not refer to cancer of the neck or other parts of the anatomy which use the term cervix.

    Gebärmutterhalskrebs, Kollumkarzinom, Zervixkarzinom

    рак ше́йки ма́ткиrak šéjki mátki

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The HPV vaccine can help prevent cervical cancer.

    deDie HPV-Impfung kann den Gebärmutterhalskrebs verhindern. — brauchinet

  2. A Pap test can help detect cervical cancer early on.

    deEin Pap-Abstrich kann zur frühzeitigen Erkennung des Gebärmutterhalskrebses beitragen. — brauchinet

  3. Cervical cancer has nothing to do with cervical vertebrae. It's a cancer of the cervix.

    deDas Zervikalkarzinom hat nichts mit den Zervikalwirbeln zu tun. Es ist ein Krebs des Gebärmutterhalses. — brauchinet

  4. Kenyan authorities have begun a mass vaccination of girls against the human papilloma virus, HPV, which causes cervical cancer.

  5. According to the World Health Organization, the East Africa region has the highest rate of cervical cancer in the world.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
cancer of the cervix:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cancer of the cervix:

Forms

plural: cervical cancers
Singularcervical cancer
Pluralcervical cancers

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