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壊血病 (かいけつびょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

壊かい血けつ病びょう

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Meanings

1

scurvy

Medical term for the disease caused by vitamin C deficiency.

壊かい血けつ病びょうはビタミンCの不ふ足そくで起お

こる

。

Scurvy occurs due to a lack of vitamin C.

Kanji

壊demolition, break, destroy
血blood
病ill, sick

Word family

抗こう壊かい血けつ病びょう
antiscorbutic; preventive against scurvy

Etymology

Compound of 壊血 (kaiketsu, 'blood breakdown') and 病 (byō, 'disease'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the medical condition.