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開放性結核 (かいほうせいけっかく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

開かい放ほう性せい結けっ核かく

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Meanings

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noun

open tuberculosis; active TB

Medical term for tuberculosis in which the patient is actively shedding bacteria and is considered infectious. Contrasts with 非開放性結核 (closed/non-infectious TB).

開かい放ほう性せい結けっ核かくの患かん者じゃは隔かく離りが必ひつ要ようです。
Patients with open tuberculosis require isolation.

Kanji

open, unfold, unseal

放set free, release, fire

性sex, gender, nature

結tie, bind, contract

核nucleus, core, kernel

Similar words

非ひ開かい放ほう性せい結けっ核かく
Non-open (closed) tuberculosis; the patient is not actively shedding bacteria and is generally not infectious.
結けっ核かく
General term for tuberculosis, without specifying infectiousness.

Etymology

Compound of 開放性 (openness, from 開放 'open' + 性 'nature') and 結核 (tuberculosis).