Japanese symbol for “meningitis”
髄膜炎
ずいまくえん
Romaji: zuimakuen
meningitis
In Japanese, meningitis is 髄膜炎, read ずいまくえん (zuimakuen).
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Meanings
- n meningitis (med)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “meningitis”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脳膜炎 | のうまくえん noumakuen | meningitis |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骨髄 | こつずい kotsuzui | bone marrow; medulla |
| 脊髄 | せきずい sekizui | spinal cord |
| 真髄 | しんずい shinzui | essence; quintessence; spirit |
| 脳髄 | のうずい nouzui | brain; encephalon |
| 延髄 | えんずい enzui | medulla oblongata |
| 歯髄 | しずい shizui | pulp (of a tooth); dental pulp |
| 網膜 | もうまく moumaku | retina |
| 粘膜 | ねんまく nenmaku | mucous membrane; mucosa |
| 肺炎 | はいえん haien | pneumonia |
See also: Chinese symbol for “meningitis”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.