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虫垂炎 (ちゅうすいえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

虫ちゅう垂すい炎えん

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Meanings

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noun

medicine

Medical term for inflammation of the appendix. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

彼かれは虫ちゅう垂すい炎えんで入にゅう院いんした。
He was hospitalized with appendicitis.
虫ちゅう垂すい炎えんの手しゅ

術じゅつ

は

比ひ

較かく

的てき

簡かん

単たん

だ

。

Surgery for appendicitis is relatively simple.

Kanji

虫insect, bug, temper
垂droop, suspend, hang
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Similar words

盲もう腸ちょう
盲腸 literally means 'cecum' but is often used colloquially to refer to appendicitis or the appendix itself. 虫垂炎 is the precise medical term for appendicitis.

Etymology

Compound of 虫垂 (vermiform appendix) + 炎 (inflammation). The term is a modern medical coinage using kanji components.