重症急性呼吸器症候群

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 3
しょう
Grade: S
きゅう
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 5

Grade: 6
きゅう
Grade: 6

Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
こう
Grade: 4
ぐん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of English severe acute respiratory syndrome, from a compound of 重症(じゅうしょう) (jūshō, severe illness) + 急性(きゅうせい) (kyūsei, acute) + 呼吸器(こきゅうき) (kokyūki, respiratory organ) + 症候群(しょうこうぐん) (shōkōgun, syndrome).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑɨːɕo̞ː kʲɨːse̞ː ko̞kʲɨːkʲi ɕo̞ːko̞ːɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

Noun

(じゅう)(しょう)(きゅう)(せい)()(きゅう)()(しょう)(こう)(ぐん) • (jūshō kyūsei kokyūki shōkōgun

  1. (pathology) SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Synonyms