cancer
French → English
(medicine) Cancer: a disease characterized by the uncontrolled growth of malignant cells
Les médecins ont détecté un cancer du poumon chez ce patient qui a fumé toute sa vie.
(English) Doctors detected lung cancer in this patient who smoked his entire life.
De nouveaux traitements contre le cancer ont permis d'augmenter le taux de survie.
(English) New cancer treatments have helped increase the survival rate.
(metaphor) Scourge: something harmful or destructive that spreads within a system or society
Certains experts considèrent la corruption comme le véritable cancer de l'économie locale.
(English) Some experts consider corruption to be the true cancer of the local economy.
Le chômage de masse est un cancer qui ronge la stabilité sociale du pays.
(English) Mass unemployment is a cancer eating away at the country's social stability.
Entry ID: fr:en:cancer · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary