がん

I

[眼] ¶→眼をつける

II

[癌] *cancer

【C】【U】がん(癌)；〔医〕癌腫(^しゆ)《◆遠回しに tumor， Big C， long illness ともいう》; 【C】《正式》(社会などの)がん；害悪， 弊害∥ get ［^×catch］ cancer がんになる / conquer cancer がんを征圧する / She is dead of cancer. 《正式》彼女はがんで死んだ / Smoking is incriminated as the major cause of lung cancer. 喫煙は肺がんの主な原因とされている / terminal cancer 末期がん / victims of lung cancer 肺がん患者 / His cancer reappeared. 彼はがんが再発した / Narcotics are the cancer of our society. 麻薬(中毒者)は社会のがんだ. 【関連】

◇→胃がん

◇→肺がん

◇→乳がん

◇→直腸がん

◇→肝臓がん

◇→子宮がん

¶→癌集団検診

¶→癌細胞

III

[願] ¶→願をかける

癌
cancer
龕
niche or alcove for an image

* * *

I

がん【癌】

*cancer

〖C〗〖U〗がん(癌)；〔医〕癌腫(^しゆ)《◆遠回しに tumor， Big C， long illness ともいう》; 〖C〗《正式》(社会などの)がん；害悪， 弊害

get ［^×catch］ cancer がんになる

conquer cancer がんを征圧する

She is dead of cancer. 《正式》彼女はがんで死んだ

Smoking is incriminated as the major cause of lung cancer. 喫煙は肺がんの主な原因とされている

terminal cancer 末期がん

victims of lung cancer 肺がん患者

His cancer reappeared. 彼はがんが再発した

Narcotics are the cancer of our society. 麻薬(中毒者)は社会のがんだ.

〖関連〗

◇ → 胃がん

◇ → 肺がん

◇ → 乳がん

◇ → 直腸がん

◇ → 肝臓がん

◇ → 子宮がん

¶ → 癌集団検診

¶ → 癌細胞

II

がん【眼】

¶ → 眼をつける

III

がん【雁】

*goose

(複geese)〔鳥〕〖C〗〖U〗(野生の)ガン

a barnacle goose カオジロガン

a Canada goose カナダガン

a snow goose ハクガン

wild goose

〖C〗〔鳥〕ガン

gander

〖C〗〔鳥〕ガン［ガチョウ］の雄(⇔goose)

brant (goose)

〖C〗〔鳥〕コクガン

bustard

〖C〗〔鳥〕(ヨーロッパ・アフリカの)ノガン.

IV

がん【願】

¶ → 願をかける

* * *

I

がん【眼】

an eye.

●(やくざが)眼をつける stare at [fasten one's eyes on] sb (with sinister motives)

・人相のよくない男に「眼をつけたな」とからまれた. A man with a nasty look said I'd been staring at him, and he tried to pick a fight.

・2 つのグループは互いに鋭い眼をとばしあった. The two gangs eyed each other fiercely.

II

がん【雁】

【鳥】 a wild goose.

●雁が鳴く a wild goose honks

・雁が鉤になったり竿になったりして空を渡って行った. A flock [skein] of geese went flying across the sky, now in V-formation, now in single file.

・後の雁が先になった. ⇒かり².

●雁の群れ a flock of (wild) geese; 〔飛んでいない時〕 a gaggle of (wild) geese; 〔飛んでいる時〕 a skein [skean(e)] of (wild) geese.

III

がん【癌】

1 【医】 〔癌腫･上皮性悪性腫瘍〕 cancer; a carcinoma 《pl. ～s, -mata》; a cancerous growth.

●進行性の癌 progressive cancer

・進行の早い癌 a rapidly progressing [spreading] cancer

・胎児性癌 embryonal carcinoma

・原発性癌 a primary tumor; primary cancer.

●癌と戦う fight against cancer

・自分が癌じゃないかと疑う have a suspicion that one has cancer.

●彼は舌に癌ができた. He has a cancer [malignant tumor] on his tongue. | He has developed cancer of the tongue [a cancer on his tongue, a malignant tumor on his tongue].

・胃に癌が見つかった. They found (《英》 a) cancer in my stomach.

・肺癌が背骨に転移した. The cancer in my lungs spread to my spine.

・癌が拡がった. My cancer metastasized.

・癌が治った. I recovered from cancer.

・癌が消えた. My cancer has disappeared.

・癌が小さくなった. The cancer 《in my left lung》 has shrunk.

・癌が再発した. I've had a relapse of cancer.

●癌で命を落とす lose one's life because of [by] cancer.

●癌による死亡率 the proportion [percentage, rate] of deaths (caused) by cancer

・癌になりやすい[なりにくい]生活習慣 a lifestyle habit that is conducive to contracting [preventing] cancer

・喫煙は癌になるリスクを高める. Smoking increases the risk of contracting cancer.

・癌になったらどうしよう. I don't know what I'll do if I get cancer!

●癌の制圧 《chemotherapy is one means of》 checking cancer

・癌の家系 a carcinomatous genealogy

・わが家は癌の家系だ. Members of my family are susceptible to cancer. | There is a lot of cancer in my family.

・癌の疑い suspicion of (the presence of) cancer

・癌の早期発見 early detection of cancer

・癌の告知 notification (to a patient) that the patient has cancer

・癌の告知を望む[望まない] desire [do not desire] to be told if cancer is diagnosed

・癌の発生率が異常に高い地域がある. There are regions that have an abnormally high incidence of cancer.

・ご家族や親戚に癌の方はありますか? Has anyone in your family or among your relatives had cancer?

●癌を告知する[しない] tell [do not tell] a patient he has cancer

・癌を取り除く remove a cancer

・癌を取りきれない be unable to remove all the cancer (present in the body)

・癌を見落とす fail to notice [detect] a cancer [malignant tumor, malignant growth].

●今や癌は死亡原因の第一位である. Cancer is now the number one cause of death.

2 〔組織における禍根〕 a cancer; a curse; a scourge.

●その問題は東京都政の癌である. The problem is a cancer in [the scourge of, the curse of] metropolitan Tokyo administration.

・彼は教育界の癌だ. He is a cancer in educational circles.

固形[固型]癌 〔白血病以外のがん〕 solid cancer.

早期癌 early-stage cancer; carcinoma in situ.

転移癌 metastatic cancer.

末期癌 terminal [advanced] cancer.

癌遺伝子 an oncogene.

癌ウイルス a tumor virus.

癌壊死因子 tumor necrosis factor (略: TNF).

癌化 canceration.

癌化学療法 cancer chemotherapy.

癌患者 a cancer patient.

癌恐怖症 cancerophobia.

癌原遺伝子 a proto-oncogene.

癌研究 cancer research.

癌研究所 a cancer research center [institute].

癌検診 a cancer checkup [examination]; 《have, undergo》 an examination [a checkup] for cancer.

癌原性 oncogenicity.

癌告知 ＝～の告知.

癌細胞 a cancer [cancerous] cell.

癌死 death from [of] cancer; (a) cancer death.

癌手術 a cancer operation.

●癌手術 5 年後の生存率 the percentage of those who have survived five years after a cancer operation.

癌センター a cancer center.

癌体質 a predisposition to cancer.

癌乳 【医】 〔癌からの分泌物〕 cancer milk [juice].

癌年齢 《reach》 a time of life when the likelihood of cancer increases.

癌病棟 a cancer ward.

癌保険 cancer insurance.

癌免疫療法 immunotherapy of cancer.

癌抑制遺伝子 a suppressor oncogene; a tumor suppressor gene.

癌予防 cancer prevention.

●癌予防薬 a cancer(-)prevention drug.

IV

がん【願】

〔祈願〕 a prayer; a petition; 〔誓い〕 a vow 《to do》.

●願がかなう have one's prayer answered [heard]; have one's petition granted [heard]

・願がかなってうれしい. I'm so glad [happy] that my prayer has been answered [heard]!

●願をかける[立てる] offer a prayer with a vow 《to a god, at a shrine》; make a petition 《to a god》; pray for the fulfillment of one's wish; make a vow 《to a god》

・彼女は子供の病気が直るようにと八幡様に願をかけた. She offered up prayers at the Hachiman Shrine for the recovery of her son.

・彼女は浅草の観音様に塩断ちをして願をかけた. She vowed to Kannon at Asakusa to give up salt until her prayers were answered.

・願をほどく ＝願解きをする (⇒がんほどき).

V

がん【龕】

a niche [an alcove] for a Buddhist image. [＝ずし²]