Liver test - kanzoukensa

Japanese: 肝臓検査 - かんぞうけんさ
Liver test - kanzoukensa

...Generally, it means tests to check liver function, but in clinical medicine it means "a group of serum and urine biochemical tests used in daily medical practice and health checkups to check for the presence or absence of liver damage," and does not include physical tests or special tests used to diagnose liver disease. Also, even if a test is related to liver function, tests that are usually used to diagnose other diseases are not included in liver function tests. There are nearly 200 types of liver function tests, and the tests currently in use are as shown in the table below.

*Some of the terms mentioned in "liver tests" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般的なことばとしては肝臓の機能を調べる検査という意味になるが,臨床医学では〈肝障害の有無を調べる目的で,日常診療や健康診断のふるい分けに用いられている血清および尿の生化学的検査群〉を意味し,肝臓疾患の診断に利用されている物理学的検査や特殊検査は含まれない。また肝機能に関係する検査であっても,通常は他の疾患の診断に利用されている検査は肝機能検査には含まれない。肝機能検査としては200種近い検査があるが,現在利用されている検査は表のとおりである。…

※「肝臓検査」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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