不全

ふぜん
noun
incompleteness; insufficiency; failure
1. incompleteness; insufficiency; failure
A state of being incomplete or not functioning fully. Most often appears in medical compounds naming the failure of an organ or bodily function.
祖父(そふ)は心不全(しんふぜん)で入院(にゅういん)した。
My grandfather was hospitalized with heart failure.
腎不全(じんふぜん)が少(すこ)しずつ進行(しんこう)している。
His kidney failure is progressing little by little.
検査(けんさ)で発育不全(はついくふぜん)が見(み)つかった。
The examination revealed a developmental insufficiency.

Prefix 不(ふ) (not) + 全(ぜん) (complete). Rarely used alone; it normally attaches to another noun naming what is failing or incomplete.

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 心不全(しんふぜん): heart failure
  • 腎不全(じんふぜん): kidney failure
  • 機能不全(きのうふぜん): dysfunction, failure to function
  • 発育不全(はついくふぜん): stunted growth, developmental insufficiency
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