炎症

えんしょう

inflammation; irritation

What does 炎症 mean?

炎症 is a Japanese noun meaning inflammation; irritation in English. It is written as 炎症 in kanji, えんしょう in hiragana, and enshou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

歯茎が炎症を起こしているようなのですが。

I think I have a gum infection.