臓ぞう器き

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Meanings

noun

internal organ; viscera

General term for internal organs of humans and animals. Used in medical, biological, and everyday contexts.

臓ぞう器き移い植しょくにはドナーが必ひつ要ようです。
Organ transplants require donors.
内ない視し鏡きょうで臓ぞう器きの状じょう態たいを調しらべます。
We examine the condition of the internal organs with an endoscope.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に臓ぞう器きを提てい供きょうするto donate an organ to someone
彼かれは事じ故こで亡なくなり、家か族ぞくの同どう意いで臓ぞう器きを提てい供きょうした。
He died in an accident, and with his family's consent, his organs were donated.
臓ぞう器きを移い植しょくするto transplant an organ
医い師したちは患かん者じゃに新あたらしい臓ぞう器きを移い植しょくした。
The doctors transplanted a new organ into the patient.
臓ぞう器きが弱よわるfor an organ to weaken/fail
長なが年ねんの飲いん酒しゅで臓ぞう器きが弱よわっている。
Years of drinking have weakened his organs.

Kanji

臓entrails, viscera, bowels
器utensil, vessel, receptacle

Related words

内ない臓ぞうN1
内臓 is the common, everyday word for the organs inside the body, while 臓器 is a slightly more formal term used in medical or technical contexts.
器き官かんN1
器官 is the broader biological term covering any specialized body part (including sensory organs like eyes), while 臓器 refers specifically to internal organs such as the heart or liver.
臓ぞう
臓器 refers to a specific organ and is used in medical/countable contexts, whereas 臓 by itself is not normally used as a standalone countable noun.

Don't confuse with

臓ぞう物もつ
臓物 refers informally to entrails or offal, especially of animals in a food or butchering context, whereas 臓器 is the neutral medical term for organs in general.

Word family· 9

人じん工こう臓ぞう器き
artificial internal organ
移い植しょく臓ぞう器き
transplant organ; replacement organ
臓ぞう器き売ばい買ばい
organ trade; organ trafficking
臓ぞう器き感かん覚かく
visceral sensation; organic sensation
臓ぞう器き提てい供きょう
organ donation

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臓ぞう器き移い植しょく
organ transplant
多た臓ぞう器き不ふ全ぜん
multiple organ failure; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
臓ぞう器き提てい供きょう者しゃ
organ donor
臓ぞう器きクローニング
organ cloning

Etymology

Compound of 臓 (internal organs) and 器 (container, organ). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination naturally conveys the meaning of bodily organs.