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肋膜炎 (rokumakuen) Japanese meaning: pleurisy | Kotomora

肋ろく膜まく炎えん

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Meanings

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pleurisy

Medical term for inflammation of the pleura, the membranes surrounding the lungs.

肋ろく膜まく炎えんは胸むねの痛いたみや発はつ熱ねつを引ひき起お

こす

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Pleurisy can cause chest pain and fever.

Kanji

肋rib
膜membrane
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Built from

肋ろく膜まく+炎えん

Etymology

From 肋膜 (ろくまく, 'pleura') + 炎 (えん, 'inflammation').