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架工義歯 (かこうぎし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

架か工こう義ぎ歯し

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Meanings

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noun

dental bridge; bridgework

dentistry

A fixed dental prosthesis used to replace one or more missing teeth by anchoring to adjacent teeth. Technical term used in dentistry; in everyday conversation, ブリッジ is more common.

See also: ブリッジ

歯し科か医いは、欠けっ損そんした歯はの代かわりに架か工こう義ぎ歯しを勧すすめた。
The dentist recommended a dental bridge to replace the missing tooth.

Kanji

架erect, frame, mount
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
義righteousness, justice, morality
歯

架か工こう義ぎ歯しは、両りょう隣どなりの歯はを支ささえとして固こ定ていする。

A dental bridge is fixed by using the adjacent teeth as supports.

tooth, cog

Similar words

ブリッジ
More common loanword for 'dental bridge' in everyday Japanese. 架工義歯 is the formal kanji term used mainly in clinical contexts.
義ぎ歯し
General term for 'denture' or 'false tooth'. 架工義歯 specifies a fixed bridge, while 義歯 can refer to any removable or fixed prosthesis.

Etymology

Compound of 架工 (kakō, 'bridgework' or 'framework') and 義歯 (gishi, 'artificial tooth'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern technical coinage in dentistry.