kanseri
kah-NSEH-ree
How to say it
Kinyarwandakanserikah-NSEH-ree
Englishcancer
Frenchcancer
Meaning
A serious disease in which cells grow out of control and form a growth that can spread through the body.
Good to know
A loan from French; an n class noun: kanseri y'ibere, breast cancer; kanseri y'ibihaha, lung cancer; kurwara kanseri, to have cancer.
Examples
- Kanseri y'ibere ishobora kuvurwa iyo imenyekanye kare.Breast cancer can be treated if it is found early.
- Nyirarume yapfuye azize kanseri.Her uncle died of cancer.
- Kunywa itabi byongera ibyago byo kurwara kanseri.Smoking increases the risk of getting cancer.
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