Cancer
סַרְטָן
[sartan]
📖 Translation
Cancer
A medical term for a malignant tumor (cancer), which can also refer to the animal, a crab.
💬 Usage Examples
הרופאים נלחמים בַּסַּרְטָן.
Ha-rof'im nilhamim ba-sartan.
Doctors are fighting cancer.
הוא עבר טיפולים קשים נגד סרטן הריאות.
Hu avar tipulim kashim neged sartan ha-re'ot.
He underwent difficult treatments for lung cancer.
בַּחוֹף אֶתְמוֹל רָאִינוּ סַרְטָן קָטָן.
Ba-chof etmol ra'inu sartan katan.
Yesterday on the beach, we saw a small crab.
💡 Memory Tip
You can remember it by imagining that a crab ('sartan') is something 'sart' (like 'start', the beginning of something).