간암

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 간(肝) (gan, liver) + 암(癌) (am, cancer).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)na̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ganam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gan'am
McCune–Reischauer?kanam
Yale Romanization?kān.am

Noun

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간암 (ganam) (hanja 肝癌)

  1. (pathology) liver cancer