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誤嚥性肺炎 (goenseihaien) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えん

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Meanings

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aspiration pneumonia

Medical term for pneumonia caused by inhaling food, liquid, or vomit into the lungs. Common in elderly or dysphagic patients.

高こう齢れい者しゃは誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えんに注ちゅう意

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Elderly people need to be careful about aspiration pneumonia.

誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えんの予よ防ぼうには口こう腔くうケアが重じゅう要ようです。

Oral care is important for preventing aspiration pneumonia.

Kanji

誤mistake, err, do wrong
嚥swallow
性sex, gender, nature
肺lungs
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Related words

肺はい炎えん
General term for pneumonia; 誤嚥性肺炎 specifies pneumonia caused by aspiration.
誤ご嚥えん
The act of aspiration (inhaling foreign material); 誤嚥性肺炎 is the resulting pneumonia.

Built from

誤ご嚥えん+性せい+

Written forms

誤ご嚥えん性せい肺はい炎えん
Standard medical kanji spelling.
誤ごえん性せい肺はい炎えん
Alternative spelling with 嚥 replaced by hiragana えん, sometimes used for readability.

Etymology

Compound of 誤嚥 (goen, 'aspiration') + 性 (-sei, '-ic, -related') + 肺炎 (haien, 'pneumonia'). The term is a modern medical coinage.

肺はい炎えん