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尿管 (にょうかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

尿にょう管かん

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Meanings

1

ureter; urinary duct

Anatomical term for the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.

尿にょう管かん結けっ石せきは激はげしい痛いたみを引ひき起おこすことがある。

Kanji

尿urine
管pipe, tube, wind instrument

Related words

尿にょう道どう
尿道 is the urethra (tube from bladder to outside), while 尿管 is the ureter (kidney to bladder).
膀ぼう胱こう
膀胱 is the urinary bladder, the organ that stores urine before it passes through the urethra.

Word family

Ureteral stones can cause severe pain.

輸ゆ尿にょう管かん
ureter
尿にょう管かん結けっ石せき
ureteral stone; ureteral calculus

Written forms

尿にょう管かんUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for the anatomical term.
にょうかんUsage2%

Etymology

From 尿 (urine) + 管 (tube, duct). A straightforward medical compound.