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末梢神経 (masshoushinkei) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

末まっ梢しょう神しん経けい

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Meanings

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peripheral nerves

Medical term for the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.

末まっ梢しょう神しん経けいの障しょう害がいは、手て足あしのしびれを引ひき起おこすことがある

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Damage to the peripheral nerves can cause numbness in the hands and feet.

Kanji

末end, close, tip
梢treetops, twig
神gods, mind, soul
経sutra, longitude, pass thru

Related words

中ちゅう枢すう神しん経けい
中枢神経 refers to the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), while 末梢神経 refers to the peripheral nerves.

Built from

末まっ梢しょう+神しん経けい

Etymology

Compound of 末梢 (まっしょう, 'tip, periphery') and 神経 (しんけい, 'nerve'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a direct calque of the Western medical concept 'peripheral nerves'.