がっぺいしょう

合併症
complications (in an illness)

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がっぺいしょう【合併症】

【医】 a complication.

●糖尿病は合併症が怖い. It is the complications of diabetes that are dreaded [feared].

●はしかの合併症で難聴になった. I became hard of hearing as a result of a complication of measles.

●合併症を防ぐ protect against [prevent] complications

・合併症を生じなければ if no complications occur [set in]

・合併症を伴ったインフルエンザ influenza accompanied by complications

・インフルエンザから合併症を起こして死ぬ die from the complications of influenza.