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糖原病 (とうげんびょう, tougenbyou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

糖とう原げん病びょう

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Meanings

1

glycogen storage disease; glycogenosis

Medical term for a group of inherited metabolic disorders affecting glycogen synthesis or breakdown.

糖とう原げん病びょうはグリコーゲンの代たい謝しゃ異い常じょうによって起

お

こる

病びょう

気き

です

。

Glycogen storage disease is a condition caused by abnormalities in glycogen metabolism.

Kanji

糖sugar
原meadow, original, primitive
病ill, sick

Built from

糖とう原げん+病びょう

Etymology

Formed from 糖原 “glycogen” and 病 “disease.” 糖原 is a literal rendering of the scientific term glycogen, whose original formation means “sugar-forming.”