絶ぜつ飲いん食しょく

noun

fasting; abstaining from food and drink

Formal or technical term for complete abstention from eating and drinking, often used in medical, religious, or procedural contexts.

• 手しゅ術じゅつの前まえは絶ぜつ飲いん食しょくを指し示じされた。

  I was instructed to fast before the surgery.

• この検けん査さでは12時じ間かんの絶ぜつ飲いん食しょくが必ひつ要ようです。

  This test requires 12 hours of fasting.