粵

闌laan4尾mei5炎jim4

simp阑尾炎
laan4 mei5 jim4lán wěi yán

English

  1. appendicitis (medicine)
  2. (med.) appendicitis, as a more anatomically accurate appellation, though 盲腸炎 (lit. caecum inflammation) is in more common use

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指由闌尾發炎而引起嘅急性消化系統疾病,係醫學上準確啲嘅叫法,但係一般通用叫做盲腸炎

Examples

  • 我弟弟可能得了急性闌尾炎,要是這樣他必須做個手術。

    My brother may have acute appendicitis, in which case he’d have to have an operation.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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