感染

Chinese

to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
to catch (a disease); dye
trad. (感染)
simp. #(感染)

Pronunciation


Verb

感染

  1. (medicine) to infect or be infected by; to have an infection; to contract (a contagion)
    感染病毒  ―  gǎnrǎn bìngdú  ―  to be infected by a virus
    胸部感染  ―  xiōngbù gǎnrǎn  ―  chest infection
    細菌感染细菌感染  ―  xìjūn gǎnrǎn  ―  bacterial infection
    病毒感染  ―  bìngdú gǎnrǎn  ―  viral infection
    消除感染  ―  xiāochú gǎnrǎn  ―  elimination of infection
    上呼吸道感染  ―  shànghūxīdào gǎnrǎn  ―  upper respiratory tract infection
    傷口容易感染伤口容易感染  ―  Shāngkǒu róngyì gǎnrǎn.  ―  The wound can easily become infected.
  2. (computing, of a virus) to infect (computers)
  3. (figurative) to influence; to affect; to imbue (with)
    受到感染  ―  shòudào gǎnrǎn  ―  to be influenced

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Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: 6
kan'on kan'yōon

Etymology

Coined by Japanese medical scientist Okuyama Torafumi in 1872 in his work 医語類聚 (Igo ruiju) as a translation of English affection.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んせん [kàńséń] (Heiban – [0])[3][1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(かん)(せん) • (kansenかんせん (kansen)?

  1. infection, contagion

Derived terms

Verb

(かん)(せん)する • (kansen suruかんせん (kansen)?intransitive suru (stem (かん)(せん) (kansen shi), past (かん)(せん)した (kansen shita))

  1. to become infected, to catch
    ウイルス(かん)(せん)する
    uirusu ni kansen suru
    become infected with a virus

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 感染”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

感染 • (gamyeom) (hangeul 감염)

  1. hanja form? of 감염 (infection, contagion, infestation)