Word Meaning 疾患

しっかん shikkan

疾患 is read as しっかん (shikkan) and means disease.

Meaning

English

  1. disease
  2. illness
  3. disorder
  4. condition
  5. ailment

Reading

Kana

しっかん

Romaji

shikkan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 15685 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

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全身性疾患

ぜんしんせいしっかん

systemic disease

特定疾患

とくていしっかん

diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

変性疾患

へんせいしっかん

degenerative disease

新生児溶血性疾患

しんせいじようけつせいしっかん

hemolytic disease of the newborn (haemolytic)

全身疾患

ぜんしんしっかん

systemic disease

遺伝子疾患

いでんししっかん

genetic disorder

遺伝性疾患

いでんせいしっかん

hereditary disease

心血管疾患

しんけっかんしっかん

cardiovascular disease

虚血性心疾患

きょけつせいしんしっかん

ischemic heart disease

神経変性疾患

しんけいへんせいしっかん

neurodegenerative disease

心疾患

しんしっかん

heart disease

Example Sentences

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このくすりははいのしっかんのちりょうにつかわれる。

This medicine is used to treat lung disease.

かれはなんびょうではないが、まんせいてきなしっかんをかかえている。

He does not have a rare disease, but he does have a chronic condition.

いしはそうきのしっかんはっけんがじゅうようだとはなした。

The doctor said that early detection of disease is important.

She suffers from a chronic illness.

Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

Chicken pox is a common childhood disease.

It seems that it's impossible to distinguish an obsessional neurosis from an intense love from a biochemical perspective.

Genetic analysis can be useful in predicting the likelihood of cancer and other diseases.

Many people don't realize that antibiotics are ineffective against viral diseases.

Weakness brought on by a number of respiratory ailments had forced him just last week to announce that he was giving up his conducting career.