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乳び胸 (にゅうびきょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

乳にゅうび胸きょう

にゅ

う

び

きょ

う

Meanings

1

noun

chylothorax

medicine

Medical term for the accumulation of lymphatic fluid (chyle) in the pleural cavity.

乳にゅうび胸きょうは胸きょう腔くうに乳にゅうびが貯ちょ留りゅうする病びょう態たいです。
Chylothorax is a condition in which chyle accumulates in the pleural cavity.

Written forms

乳にゅうび胸きょう
Standard medical kanji spelling using び for the chyle component.
乳にゅう糜び胸きょう
Alternate kanji spelling using 糜 (rare kanji); less common in modern medical writing.

Kanji

乳milk, breasts
胸bosom, breast, chest
糜

be inflamed

Etymology

Compound of 乳 (にゅう, 'milk') + び (chyle, from Chinese 糜) + 胸 (きょう, 'chest'). The term directly describes the condition.