Kan - Kan

Japanese: 疳 - かん

〘Noun〙① A disease name in Chinese medicine. A general term for the five types of kan: hepatic kan (wind kan), cardiac kan (shock kan), splenic kan (food kan), lung kan (air kan), and kidney kan (acute kan). ※Storybook Ichinomori (1775) Ryokan "I got a disease called kan and my eyes went blind"② = Kanshitsu (epilepsy)※Warambegosa (1660) 4 "The itch stopped and I got kan and kyaufu"③ = Kan (epilepsy)③※Silver Spoon (1913-15)〈Naka Kansuke〉First "But even so, my kan is so strong that I can't sleep well at night"④ A small swelling that forms on the skin or mucous membranes. For example , chancroid.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 漢方医学の病名。肝疳（風疳）、心疳（驚疳）、脾疳（食疳）、肺疳（気疳）、腎疳（急疳）の五疳の総称。※咄本・一のもり（1775）了簡「かんといふ病(やまひ)が出てそれで目がつぶれた」② ＝かんしつ（癇疾）※わらんべ草（1660）四「むしけをやみ、かん、きゃうふうの病となる」③ ＝かん（癇）③※銀の匙（1913‐15）〈中勘助〉前「唯さへ疳の強い私は夜どほしろくに眠らないのを」④ 皮膚や粘膜にできる小さな腫物(はれもの)。軟性下疳など。

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