염증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 炎症, from 炎 (“flames”) + 症 (“syndrome, disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹mt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [염쯩]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeomjeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeomjeung
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏmchŭng
Yale Romanization?	yemqcung

Noun

염증 • (yeomjeung) (hanja 炎症)

1. inflammation

Derived terms

• 염증약 (炎症藥, yeomjeung'yak)