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脊髄灰白質炎 (sekizuikaihakushitsuen) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

脊せき髄ずい灰かい白はく質しつ炎えん

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Meanings

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poliomyelitis; polio

Medical term for polio, an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. The common term is ポリオ.

See also: ポリオ

脊せき

髄ずい

灰かい

白はく

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Poliomyelitis is caused by the poliovirus.

日本にほんでは脊せき髄ずい灰かい白はく質しつ炎えんの発はっ生せいは稀まれである。

Occurrences of poliomyelitis are rare in Japan.

Kanji

脊stature, height, spine
髄marrow, pith, essence
灰ashes, puckery juice, cremate
白white
質substance, quality, matter
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Related words

ポリオ
Common loanword for polio, used in everyday contexts, while 脊髄灰白質炎 is a formal medical term.

Built from

脊せき髄ずい+灰かい白はく質しつ+炎えん

Etymology

Compound of 脊髄 (spinal cord), 灰白質 (gray matter), and 炎 (inflammation), describing the inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord characteristic of polio.