炎症

• 読み: えんしょう
• ローマ字: enshou
• 漢字の分解: 炎 (en) — flame, inflammation; 症 (shou) — symptom, condition
• 発音: /eɴ.ɕoː/

意味

Inflammation; irritation. A medical condition where part of the body becomes red, swollen, and painful.

A noun used in medical and everyday contexts to describe the body's inflammatory response to injury, infection, or irritation. Often appears in compound phrases like 炎症を起こす (to become inflamed) and 炎症を抑える (to reduce inflammation). Common in doctor-patient conversations and health articles.

例文

1. 喉に炎症が起きているので、しばらく声を出さないでください。
2. 薬を塗ったら、皮膚の炎症がだいぶ治まった。
3. 膝の炎症がひどくて、階段を上るのがつらい。

使い方ガイド

場面: medical, health, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 炎 (en, flame/inflammation) + 症 (shou, symptom/condition). The character 炎 depicts two fires stacked, evoking the heat and redness of inflamed tissue.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal