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強直性脊椎炎 (きょうちょくせいせきついえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

強きょう直ちょく性せい脊せき椎つい炎えん

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Meanings

1

ankylosing spondylitis

Medical term for a chronic inflammatory disease primarily affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints.

強きょう直ちょく性せい脊せき椎つい炎えんは、脊

せき

椎つい

の

靭じん

帯たい

や

関かん

節せつ

に

炎えん

症しょう

が

起お

こる

病びょう

気き

です

。

Ankylosing spondylitis is a disease in which inflammation occurs in the ligaments and joints of the spine.

Kanji

強strong
直straightaway, honesty, frankness
性sex, gender, nature
脊stature, height, spine
椎chinquapin, mallet, spine
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Built from

強きょう直ちょく+性せい+脊せき椎つい炎えん

Etymology

Compound of 強直 (kyōchoku, 'stiffness, rigidity'), 性 (-sei, '-like, of that nature'), 脊椎 (sekitsui, 'spine'), and 炎 (-en, 'inflammation').