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びらん性胃炎 (びらんせいいえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

びらん性せい胃い炎えん

Meanings

1

noun

erosive gastritis

medicine

Medical term for inflammation of the stomach lining with erosion or superficial ulcers.

内ない視し鏡きょう検けん査さでびらん性せい胃い炎えんと診しん断だんされた。
I was diagnosed with erosive gastritis by endoscopy.

Written forms

びらん性せい胃い炎えん
Standard medical term; びらん is commonly written in kana in this compound.
糜び爛らん性せい胃い炎えん
Kanji form using 糜爛 (びらん), which is rare and may not display correctly on all devices.

Kanji

性sex, gender, nature
胃

stomach, paunch, crop

炎inflammation, flame, blaze

糜be inflamed

爛be sore, inflamed, bleary

Similar words

胃い炎えん
General term for gastritis; びらん性胃炎 specifies the erosive subtype.
胃い潰かい瘍よう
Gastric ulcer; a deeper lesion than the erosions seen in erosive gastritis.

Etymology

Compound of びらん (糜爛, 'erosion') + 性 (-せい, '-ic, -type') + 胃炎 (いえん, 'gastritis').