强直性脊柱炎
Traditional form:
強直性脊柱炎
Pinyin (reading):
qiángzhíxìngjǐzhùyán
Definitions:
- ankylosing spondylitis
- Bechterew’s disease
Characters:
- 强 - strong, powerful, energetic
- 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
- 性 - sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
- 脊 - spine, backbone; ridge
- 柱 - to lean on; pillar, post, support
- 炎 - flame, blaze; hot
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