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固縮 (こしゅく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

固こ縮しゅく

Meanings

1

noun

rigidity; rigor

medicine

Medical term for abnormal stiffness, especially muscular rigidity.

パーキンソン病びょうでは筋きん固こ縮しゅくが見みられることがある。
Muscular rigidity can be seen in Parkinson's disease.
死し後ご硬こう直ちょくは死し体たいの固こ縮しゅくの一いっ種しゅである。
Rigor mortis is a type of postmortem rigidity.

Kanji

固harden, set, clot
縮shrink, contract, shrivel

Similar words

硬こう直ちょく
硬直 is a more general term for stiffness or rigidity, used in both medical and everyday contexts, while 固縮 is specifically a medical term for pathological rigidity.

Etymology

Compound of 固 (hard, stiff) and 縮 (shrink, contract), referring to a state of contracted stiffness. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern medical contexts.