Word Meaning 誤嚥

ごえん goen

誤嚥 is read as ごえん (goen) and means breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)
  2. pulmonary aspiration
  3. mis-swallowing
  4. swallowing down the wrong pipe

Reading

Kana

ごえん

Romaji

goen

Writing Variants

  • 誤えん ごえん goen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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誤嚥性肺炎

ごえんせいはいえん

aspiration pneumonia

誤解

ごかい

misunderstanding

誤り

あやまり

error

誤差

ごさ

measurement error

誤字

ごじ

misprint

誤る

あやまる

to mislead

誤報

ごほう

false report

誤植

ごしょく

misprint

誤魔化す

ごまかす

to embezzle

誤算

ごさん

miscalculation

誤認

ごにん

misrecognition

誤って

あやまって

in error