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リウマチ熱 (riumachinetsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

リウマチ熱ねつ

also: リューマチねつ

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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

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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.