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痃 is a phono-semantic compound: the sickness radical 疒 encloses the phonetic 玄, categorizing the character under diseases and physical discomforts. In traditional Chinese medicine, it referred to specific ailments such as indigestion, bowel pain, and buboes or swellings. Without developing any broader figurative uses, this character functions solely as a narrow diagnostic label, found chiefly in historical medical treatises and pharmacopeias.
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