간염

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 肝炎, from 肝 (“liver”) + 炎 (“-itis”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɲʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [가념]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ganyeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gan'yeom
McCune–Reischauer?	kanyŏm
Yale Romanization?	kan.yem

Noun

간염 • (ganyeom) (hanja 肝炎)

1. (pathology) hepatitis

Derived terms

• A형 간염 (eihyeong ganyeom, “hepatitis A”)
• B형 간염 (bihyeong ganyeom, “hepatitis B”)
• C형 간염 (sihyeong ganyeom, “hepatitis C”)
• D형 간염 (dihyeong ganyeom, “hepatitis D”)
• E형 간염 (ihyeong ganyeom, “hepatitis E”)