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リウマチ熱 (リウマチねつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

リウマチ熱ねつ

also: リューマチねつ

リ

ウ

マ

チ

ね

つ

Meanings

1

rheumatic fever

Medical term for an inflammatory disease that can develop after a streptococcal infection.

リウマチ熱ねつは溶よう連れん菌きん感かん染せん症しょうの

合がっ

併ぺい

症しょう

と

し

て

知し

ら

れ

て

いる

。

Rheumatic fever is known as a complication of streptococcal infection.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever

Related words

リウマチ
リウマチ refers broadly to rheumatism or rheumatoid conditions, while リウマチ熱 specifically denotes rheumatic fever.

Built from

リウマチ+熱ねつ

Written forms

リウマチ熱ねつ
Standard medical term for rheumatic fever.
リューマチ熱ねつ
Variant spelling reflecting the older pronunciation of リューマチ for rheumatism.
リューマチねつ

Etymology

From German 'Rheuma' (rheumatism) + 熱 (fever). The variant リューマチ reflects an older Japanese approximation of the German pronunciation.