浮腫

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 浮腫 is a noun read ふしゅ, meaning edema, swelling caused by fluid accumulating in body tissue.
• Basic usage: It can refer to the mechanism by which edema develops or the degree of swelling assessed in a leg.
  • 医学書で浮腫が起こる仕組みを読んだ。 says that the mechanism of edema was read about in a medical book; 医師は足の浮腫の程度を確認した。 says that the doctor checked the degree of swelling in the leg.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 浮腫が起こる
  • が marks edema as the condition that develops.
• 浮腫の程度
  • The two instances of の successively link the measured degree to edema in the leg.
• 浮腫 and 腫れ
  • 浮腫 is the medical condition of edema from fluid accumulation, while 腫れ is the everyday term for swelling regardless of cause.