肝硬変(かんこうへん)

かんこうへん
noun
cirrhosis of the liver
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1. cirrhosis of the liver
A chronic disease in which the liver becomes scarred and hard and stops working properly, often after long heavy drinking or hepatitis.
父(ちち)は肝硬変(かんこうへん)で入院(にゅういん)した。
My father was hospitalized with cirrhosis.
長年(ながねん)の飲酒(いんしゅ)が肝硬変(かんこうへん)の原因(げんいん)だった。
Years of drinking were the cause of the cirrhosis.
肝炎(かんえん)を放置(ほうち)すると、肝硬変(かんこうへん)や肝臓(かんぞう)がんに進(すす)むことがある。
Left untreated, hepatitis can progress to cirrhosis or liver cancer.

肝(かん) (liver) + 硬(こう) (hard) + 変(へん) (change): literally 'the liver changing to hard'.

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