腺疫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腺	疫
せん Grade: S	えき Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage, as a compound of 腺 (sen, “gland”, Japanese-coined kanji) +‎ 疫 (eki, “pestilence, disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃e̞kʲi]

Noun

腺(せん)疫(えき) • (sen'eki) 

1. (veterinary pathology) strangles

References

• “腺疫”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
• “腺疫”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998