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日本住血吸虫病

Reading

Kana: にほんじゅうけつきゅうちゅうびょう
Romaji: nihonjūketsukyūchūbyō
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

schistosomiasis japonica (form of bilharzia caused by the Oriental blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum)

Note: obscure term
See also: 日本住血吸虫症

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ジュウ、 ヂュウ、 チュウ、 す.む、 す.まう、 -ず.まい
Meanings: dwell, reside, live, inhabit
Readings: ケツ、 ち
Meaning: blood
Readings: キュウ、 す.う
Meanings: suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
Readings: チュウ、 キ、 むし
Meanings: insect, bug, temper
Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい
Meanings: ill, sick