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びらん剤 (びらんざい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

びらん剤ざい

also: ビランざい

Meanings

1

noun

blister agent; vesicant

Technical term for chemical warfare agents that cause severe blistering of the skin and mucous membranes.

びらん剤ざいは化か学がく兵へい器きとして使し用ようされることがある。
Blister agents are sometimes used as chemical weapons.
マスタードガスは代だい表ひょう的てきなびらん剤ざいの一ひとつだ。
Mustard gas is one of the typical blister agents.

Written forms

びらん剤ざい
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling; the medical term 糜爛 is often written in kana as びらん.
糜び爛らん剤ざい
Full kanji spelling using 糜爛, which is uncommon and may not display correctly on all systems.
ビラン剤ざい
Katakana spelling for びらん, sometimes used in technical or labeling contexts.
ビランざい

Kanji

剤dose, medicine, drug
糜

be inflamed

爛be sore, inflamed, bleary

Similar words

化か学がく兵へい器き
Chemical weapon; a broader category that includes blister agents, nerve agents, etc.
糜び爛らん
Erosion or ulceration; the medical term from which びらん剤 is derived.

Etymology

From 糜爛 (びらん, 'erosion, ulceration') + 剤 (ざい, 'agent, drug'). The term describes a substance that causes blistering and tissue damage.