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Kotomora

膿

pus, fester, discharge

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Readings

On'yomi

  • ノウ
  • ドウ

Kun'yomi

  • う.む
  • うみ

Meaning

膿 centers on the thick, yellowish fluid that forms in infected tissue: pus. The verb senses of festering and discharging are natural extensions of that same idea of infection producing pus.

Most common words using 膿

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  • 膿うみ

    pus

  • 化膿かのう

    suppuration; festering; purulence; pyosis; coming to a head; infection

  • 膿むうむ

    to fester; to form pus

  • 膿瘍のうよう

    abscess

  • 蓄膿症ちくのうしょう

    empyema

  • 化膿レンサ球菌かのうレンサきゅうきん

    Streptococcus pyogenes (bacterium that causes group A streptococcal infections)

  • 化膿性かのうせい

    pyogenetic; pyogenic; suppurative; pustular; festering; purulent

  • 化膿性肉芽腫かのうせいにくがしゅ

    pyogenic granuloma

  • 化膿性髄膜炎かのうせいずいまくえん

    septic meningitis; purulent meningitis; suppurative meningitis

  • 化膿止めかのうどめ

    antipyic (drug); antibiotic

  • 化膿球菌かのうきゅうきん

    pyococcus; coccoid bacterium that forms pus

  • 化膿菌かのうきん

    pyogenic bacteria; pus-producing bacteria

  • 咽頭後壁膿瘍いんとうこうへきのうよう

    retropharyngeal abscess

  • 急性汎発性発疹性膿疱症きゅうせいはんぱつせいほっしんせいのうほうしょう

    acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis; AGEP

  • 扁桃周囲膿瘍へんとうしゅういのうよう

    peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

  • 扁桃膿瘍へんとうのうよう

    peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

  • 掌蹠膿疱症しょうせきのうほうしょう

    palmoplantar pustulosis

  • 歯槽膿漏しそうのうろう

    periodontitis; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris; inflammation of the gingiva (gums) resulting in bone loss

  • 緑膿菌りょくのうきん

    Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  • 腹壁膿瘍ふくへきのうよう

    abdominal wall abscess

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Etymology

膿 combines the flesh radical ⺼ with 農, which likely contributes the sound ノウ. The flesh radical indicates a bodily substance, and the compound expresses pus or festering.

Meaning mnemonic

The flesh radical ⺼ on the left signals something related to the body. The right side 農 looks like a thick, messy farm field. Picture an infected wound on the body oozing thick, farm-like pus.

Reading mnemonic

For ノウ, imagine a wound that won't heal: you say 'No!' to the pus, but it keeps festering. 'No!' -> ノウ, and the flesh radical reminds you it's a bodily discharge.