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クローン病 (クローンびょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

クローン病びょう

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Meanings

1

Crohn's disease

A chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Medical term; used in clinical and everyday contexts.

クローン病びょうは消しょう化か管かんに炎えん症しょうを

起お

こす

病びょう

気き

です

。

Crohn's disease is a condition that causes inflammation in the digestive tract.

彼かれはクローン病びょうと診しん断だんされて、治ち療りょうを始はじめた。

He was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and started treatment.

Kanji

病ill, sick

Related words

潰かい瘍よう性せい大だい腸ちょう炎えん
Another major inflammatory bowel disease; ulcerative colitis affects only the colon, while Crohn's disease can affect any part of the digestive tract.

Built from

クローン+病びょう

Etymology

Named after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn, who described the disease in 1932. The Japanese term is a direct loan from English 'Crohn's disease' combined with 病 (disease).