くも膜まく下か出しゅっ血けつ

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Meanings

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noun

subarachnoid hemorrhage; SAH

medicine

Medical term for bleeding into the subarachnoid space. Often abbreviated as SAH in clinical settings.

くも膜まく下か出しゅっ血けつは突とつ然ぜんの激はげしい頭ず痛つうで発はっ症しょうすることが多おおい。
Subarachnoid hemorrhage often presents with a sudden severe headache.

CT検けん査さでくも膜まく下か出しゅっ血けつと診しん断だんされた。

She was diagnosed with subarachnoid hemorrhage by CT scan.

Written forms

くも膜下出血
- くもまくかしゅっけつ
  Standard medical spelling using kana for くも and kanji for the rest.
- くもまっかしゅっけつ
クモ膜下出血
- くもまくかしゅっけつ
  Katakana variant of the first part; sometimes seen in medical contexts.
- くもまっかしゅっけつ
蜘蛛膜下出血
rarely-used kanji form
- くもまくかしゅっけつ
  Rare kanji form using 蜘蛛 for くも; it is rarely used.
- くもまっかしゅっけつ
くもまっかしゅっけつ

Kanji

膜membrane
下below, down, descend
出exit, leave, go out
血

Similar words

脳のう出しゅっ血けつ
脳出血 refers to intracerebral hemorrhage (bleeding within the brain tissue), while くも膜下出血 is bleeding into the subarachnoid space surrounding the brain.
脳のう梗こう塞そく
脳梗塞 is a cerebral infarction (ischemic stroke), caused by a blocked blood vessel, unlike the hemorrhagic nature of くも膜下出血.

Etymology

Compound of くも膜 (arachnoid mater, from くも 'spider' + 膜 'membrane') + 下 (under) + 出血 (hemorrhage). The term directly describes the anatomical location of the bleeding.

blood

蜘spider

蛛spider