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間欠熱 (かんけつねつ, kanketsunetsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

間かん欠けつ熱ねつ

か

ん

け

つ

ね

つ

Meanings

1

intermittent fever

Medical term for a fever that recurs at intervals, such as in malaria or certain infections.

マラリアの症しょう状じょうとして間かん欠

けつ

熱ねつ

が

現あらわ

れる

こと

が

ある

。

Intermittent fever can appear as a symptom of malaria.

Kanji

間interval, space
欠lack, gap, fail
熱heat, temperature, fever
歇exhausted, out of

Related words

発はつ熱ねつ
発熱 is a general term for fever or developing a fever, while 間欠熱 specifically refers to a fever that comes and goes at intervals.

Built from

間かん欠けつ+熱ねつ

Written forms

間かん欠けつ熱ねつ
Standard modern kanji spelling for intermittent fever.
間かん歇けつ熱ねつ
Older kanji form using 歇; still encountered in historical medical texts.

Etymology

Compound of 間欠 (intermittent) and 熱 (fever). The spelling 間歇熱 uses the older form of 間欠.