腔
腔: body cavity
body cavity
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コウ
Kun—
Medical suffix. In compounds it is usually read くう (口腔 こうくう, 鼻腔 びくう) rather than the listed コウ.
Key words
口腔こうくうoral cavity; mouth
鼻腔びくうnasal cavity
胸腔きょうくうchest cavity
腹腔ふくくうabdominal cavity
Example sentences
歯医者さんは、口腔の中をていねいに調べてくれた。
The dentist carefully examined the inside of my mouth.
かぜで鼻腔が腫れて、においがわからない。
My nasal passages are swollen from a cold, so I can't smell anything.
手術のあと、胸腔にたまった水を管で抜いた。
After the operation, they drained the fluid that had built up in the chest cavity through a tube.