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血管炎 (kekkanen) Japanese meaning: vasculitis | Kotomora

血けっ管かん炎えん

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Meanings

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vasculitis; angiitis

Medical term for inflammation of blood vessels. Used in clinical contexts.

血けっ管かん炎えんは自じ己こ免めん疫えき疾しっ患かんの一ひと

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Vasculitis is one of the autoimmune diseases.

Kanji

血blood
管pipe, tube, wind instrument
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Related words

炎えん症しょう
炎症 is the general term for inflammation, while 血管炎 specifically refers to inflammation of blood vessels.

Word family

閉へい塞そく性せい血けっ栓せん性せい血けっ管かん炎えん
thromboangiitis obliterans; Buerger disease

Built from

血けっ管かん+炎えん

Etymology

Compound of 血管 (blood vessel) and 炎 (inflammation), following the pattern of medical terms ending in -炎 (-itis).