liver cancer

/ˌlɪvər ˌkænsər/
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Definitions of liver cancer
  1. noun
    malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
    synonyms: cancer of the liver
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    type of:
    liver disease
    a disease affecting the liver
    carcinoma
    any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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