盲腸
See also: 盲肠
Chinese
blind | intestines | ||
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trad. (盲腸) | 盲 | 腸 | |
simp. (盲肠) | 盲 | 肠 |
Pronunciation
Noun
盲腸
- (anatomy) caecum
Synonyms
- (Cantonese) 橫丫腸/横丫肠
- (Min Nan) 生腸/生肠
Derived terms
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Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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盲 | 腸 |
もう Grade: S | ちょう Grade: 4 |
kan’on |
Etymology
/mautyau/ → /mɔːt͡ɕɔː/ → /moːt͡ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 盲腸 (MC mˠæŋ ɖɨɐŋ, literally “blind gut”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) もーちょー [móꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [mo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]
Noun
盲腸 (hiragana もうちょう, rōmaji mōchō, historical hiragana まうちやう)
- (medicine, anatomy) caecum
- (informal, slang) appendix
Usage notes
The appendix sense is common in everyday parlance, but is incorrect in medical contexts, where this term refers more specifically to the caecum. The medical term for the appendix is 虫垂 (chūsui).[2][1]
Synonyms
- 虫垂 (chūsui, “appendix”)
Derived terms
- 盲腸炎 (mōchōen, “appendicitis”)
- 盲腸線 (mōchōsen, “a branch line of a railway”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.