Word Meaning 梗塞

こうそく kousoku

梗塞 is read as こうそく (kousoku) and means infarction.

Meaning

English

  1. infarction
  2. infarct
  3. stoppage
  4. blocking

Reading

Kana

こうそく

Romaji

kousoku

Writing Variants

  • 硬塞 こうそく kousoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 24922 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ラクナ梗塞

らくなこうそく

lacunar infarction

心筋梗塞

しんきんこうそく

heart attack

脳梗塞

のうこうそく

cerebral infarction

急性心筋梗塞

きゅうせいしんきんこうそく

acute myocardial infarction

閉塞

へいそく

blockage

要塞

ようさい

fort

八方塞

はっぽうふさがり

being boxed in on all sides

山塞

さんさい

den of mountain bandits

活塞

かっそく

piston

防塞

ぼうさい

fort

辺塞

へんさい

frontier fort

河道閉塞

かどうへいそく

natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)

Example Sentences

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The hot-blooded are prone to heart attacks.

Sleep deprivation increases risk of heart attacks.

When I had only just entered my 20's, my father was admitted to hospital due to a stroke.

I always thought that suffering a heart attack was an omen of death.

Many people suffer from heart disease in Japan, but in Libya those having heart attacks have also increased a lot recently.