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灰白髄炎 (かいはくずいえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

灰かい白はく髄ずい炎えん

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Meanings

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poliomyelitis; polio

Medical term for polio; in everyday contexts, the loanword ポリオ is more common.

See also: ポリオ

灰かい白はく髄ずい炎えんはウイルスによって引ひき起おこされる感かん染せん症しょうです。

Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease caused by a virus.

Kanji

灰ashes, puckery juice, cremate
白white
髄marrow, pith, essence
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Related words

ポリオ
ポリオ is the common loanword used in everyday Japanese, while 灰白髄炎 is a formal medical term.

Word family

急きゅう性せい灰かい白はく髄ずい炎えん
poliomyelitis; polio

Etymology

Compound of 灰白 (kaihaku, 'gray-white') + 髄 (zui, 'marrow') + 炎 (en, 'inflammation'), referring to the inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord characteristic of polio.