감염증

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 感染症, from 感染 (infection) + (disease), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)mjʌ̹mt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gamyeomjeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gam'yeomjeung
McCune–Reischauer?kamyŏmchŭng
Yale Romanization?kām.yemqcung

Noun

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감염증 (gamyeomjeung) (hanja 感染症)

  1. (pathology) infectious disease