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誤嚥性肺炎 (ごえんせいはいえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えん

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Meanings

1

noun

aspiration pneumonia

medicine

Medical term for pneumonia caused by inhaling food, liquid, or vomit into the lungs. Common in elderly or dysphagic patients.

高こう齢れい者しゃは誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えんに注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。
Elderly people need to be careful about aspiration pneumonia.

誤ご

嚥えん

性せい

肺はい

炎えん

の

予よ

防ぼう

に

は

口こう

腔くう

ケア

が

重じゅう

要よう

です

。

Oral care is important for preventing aspiration pneumonia.

Written forms

誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えん
Standard medical kanji spelling.
誤ごえん性せい肺はい炎えん
Alternative spelling with 嚥 replaced by hiragana えん, sometimes used for readability.

Kanji

誤mistake, err, do wrong
嚥swallow
性sex, gender, nature
肺lungs
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Similar words

肺はい炎えん
General term for pneumonia; 誤嚥性肺炎 specifies pneumonia caused by aspiration.
誤ご嚥えん
The act of aspiration (inhaling foreign material); 誤嚥性肺炎 is the resulting pneumonia.

Etymology

Compound of 誤嚥 (goen, 'aspiration') + 性 (-sei, '-ic, -related') + 肺炎 (haien, 'pneumonia'). The term is a modern medical coinage.