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人工膀胱 (jinkouboukou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん工こう膀ぼう胱こう

じ

ん

こ

う

ぼ

う

こ

う

Meanings

1

artificial bladder; artificial urinary bladder

Medical term for a surgically constructed or prosthetic bladder.

膀ぼう胱こうがんの治ち療りょうで人じん工こう膀ぼう胱こうを

造ぞう

設せつ

する

場ば

合あい

が

ある

。

In treating bladder cancer, an artificial bladder may be constructed.

Kanji

人person
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
膀bladder
胱bladder

Built from

人じん工こう+膀ぼう胱こう

Etymology

Compound of 人工 (じんこう, 'artificial') and 膀胱 (ぼうこう, 'bladder').