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関節鏡 (かんせつきょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

関かん節せつ鏡きょう

か

ん

せ

つ

きょ

う

Meanings

1

arthroscope

Medical instrument used to examine the interior of a joint.

医い師しは関かん節せつ鏡きょうを使つかって膝

ひざ

の

内ない

部ぶ

を

観かん

察さつ

し

た

。

The doctor used an arthroscope to examine the inside of the knee.

Kanji

関connection, barrier, gateway
節node, season, period
鏡mirror, speculum, barrel-head

Word family

関かん節せつ鏡きょう検けん査さ
arthroscopy

Etymology

Compound of 関節 (kansetsu, 'joint') and 鏡 (kyō, 'mirror; scope').