胆石症 〔医〕 cholelithiasis.
だんぜつ【断絶】
1 <絶えること> extinction
¶断絶する cease to exist; become extinct
‖一家断絶した. The family (line) has died out.
2 <絶つこと・絶たれること> breaking off; <中絶> (an) interruption; ｛文｝ discontinuation; <決裂> (a) rupture
¶断絶する break [cut] off; <断たれる> be broken [cut] off; <決裂する> have a falling-out; ｛文｝ come to a rupture
/世代間の断絶 a generation gap
/断絶の時代 the age of discontinuity
‖世代間の断絶が起きている. Communication between the generations is breaking down.
/両国の外交関係は断絶した. Diplomatic relations between the two nations were broken [cut] off.
断絶感 a sense of estrangement [alienation].
