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

糖とう原げん病びょう

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Meanings

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noun

glycogen storage disease; glycogenosis

medicine

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

Etymology

Compound of 糖原 (tōgen, 'glycogen') + 病 (byō, 'disease'). The term 糖原 is a Japanese coinage from 糖 (tō, 'sugar') and 原 (gen, 'source, origin'), reflecting the role of glycogen as a stored form of glucose.