WORD DETAIL
健常
けんじょう
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
健常(けんじょう)describes a state without a particular impairment of bodily or similar function. - Basic usage: It describes an examination in which both joints were said to function normally.
検査では左右の関節とも健常な状態だと説明された。
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Function and general health
健康(けんこう)broadly concerns physical and mental health.健常is used in contexts distinguishing unimpaired function, as in健常な関節.

