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脳性麻痺 (nouseimahi) Japanese meaning: cerebral palsy | Kotomora

脳のう性せい麻ま痺ひ

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Meanings

1

Medical term for a group of permanent movement disorders appearing in early childhood.

脳のう性せい麻ま痺ひは、出しゅっ生

しょう

前まえ

また

は

出しゅっ

生しょう

時じ

の

脳のう

損そん

傷しょう

に

よっ

て

引ひ

き

起お

こさ

れる

こと

が

多おお

い

。

Cerebral palsy is often caused by brain damage before or during birth.

Kanji

脳brain, memory
性sex, gender, nature
麻hemp, flax, numb
痺palsy, become numb, paralysed

Related words

ＣＰ
ＣＰ is the medical abbreviation, while 脳性麻痺 is the full Japanese term for the neurological condition.

Built from

脳のう性せい+麻ま痺ひ

Written forms

脳のう性せい麻ま痺ひ
Standard kanji spelling for the medical term.
脳のう性せいまひ
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability or when 麻痺 is considered difficult.

Etymology

From 脳性 (cerebral) + 麻痺 (paralysis). A straightforward medical compound.