염증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 炎症, from 炎 (“flames”) + 症 (“syndrome, disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomjeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomjeung
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmchŭng
Yale Romanization?yemqcung

Noun

염증 • (yeomjeung) (hanja 炎症)

  1. inflammation

Derived terms

  • 염증약 (炎症藥, yeomjeung'yak)
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