Korean learner dictionary

항암

hangam · being anticancer; being antitumor; being cancer-fighting

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Dictionary entry

NIKL target code 85903

Part of speech: 명사Pronunciation: 항ː암Level: Advanced · NIKL learner grade

1.
암세포가 늘어나는 것을 억제하거나 암세포를 죽임.
English: being anticancer; being antitumor; being cancer-fighting — An act of curbing the growth of tumor cells or killing them.
Examples
- 항암 기능.
- 항암 물질.
- 항암 요법.
- 항암 작용.
- 항암 주사.
- 항암 효과.

Origin: 抗癌
Categories: 삶 > 치료 행위 · 보건과 의료