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炎症 (えんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

炎えん症しょう

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Meanings

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noun

inflammation; irritation

Medical and general term for the body's inflammatory response; also used figuratively for irritation or flare-ups.

傷きず口ぐちが炎えん症しょうを起おこしている。
The wound is inflamed.
関かん節せつの炎えん症しょうを抑おさえる薬くすり

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I was prescribed medicine to reduce joint inflammation.

Kanji

炎inflammation, flame, blaze
症symptoms, illness

Similar words

炎ほのお
Means 'flame' or 'blaze'; 炎症 specifically refers to the medical condition of inflammation.
発ほっ赤せき
A clinical term for 'redness' or 'erythema', often a sign of inflammation, but not a synonym for the whole process.

Etymology

Compound of 炎 (flame, inflammation) and 症 (symptom, condition), literally 'flame symptom'. A modern medical term formed in Japanese from kanji components.