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The word "六腑" is formed by combining the character "六", meaning "six", with the character "腑", which refers to the hollow organs in traditional Chinese medicine. Specifically, "腑" denotes a category of organs, and when prefixed with "六", it specifies the set of six hollow organs: the gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, and triple burner. Thus, the term directly indicates a countable group of anatomical entities through this numeral-noun construction.

Word Definition - 六腑

liù fǔ (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2guang1]

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