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頸椎脱臼 (けいついだっきゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

頸けい椎つい脱だっ臼きゅう

Meanings

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noun

cervical dislocation

Medical term for dislocation of the cervical vertebrae; often used in contexts of injury or forensic examination.

事じ故こで頸けい椎つい脱だっ臼きゅうを起おこし、緊きん急きゅう手しゅ術じゅつが必ひつ要ようになった。
He suffered a cervical dislocation in the accident and required emergency surgery.
法ほう医い学がくの講こう義ぎで、頸けい椎つい脱だっ臼きゅうの症しょう例れいについて学まなんだ。
In the forensic medicine lecture, we studied cases of cervical dislocation.

Written forms

頸けい椎つい脱だっ臼きゅう
Standard kanji spelling using 頸 (neck).
頚けい椎つい脱だっ臼きゅう
Variant using the simplified character 頚 instead of 頸.

Kanji

頸neck, head
椎chinquapin, mallet, spine

脱undress, removing, escape from

臼mortar

頚neck, head

Similar words

脱だっ臼きゅう
General term for dislocation of any joint; 頸椎脱臼 specifies the cervical spine.
頸けい椎つい
Refers to the cervical vertebrae themselves, not the condition of dislocation.

Etymology

Compound of 頸椎 (cervical vertebrae) and 脱臼 (dislocation). The kanji 頸/頚 means 'neck', 椎 means 'vertebra', 脱 means 'dislocate', and 臼 means 'mortar' (here used in the sense of a joint coming out of its socket).