잎맥

Korean

Etymology

From Native Korean 잎 (ip, “leaf”) + Sino-Korean 맥 (脈, maek, “vein”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [immɛk̚] ~ [imme̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [임맥/임멕]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	immaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ipmaeg
McCune–Reischauer?	immaek
Yale Romanization?	iphmayk

Noun

잎맥 • (immaek) (hanja ―脈)

1. (botany) vein of a leaf

   Synonym: 엽맥(葉脈) (yeommaek)

2. (medicine) a nerve, nervure

Derived terms

• 잎맥 괴사 (immaek goesa, “vein necrosis”)