帝王切開

Japanese

Kanji in this term
てい
Grade: S
おう
Grade: 1
せつ > せっ
Grade: 2
かい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 帝王 (teiō, emperor) + 切開 (sekkai, section; incision), perhaps a calque of German Kaiserschnitt, ultimately from Latin sectiō caesarēa, whence also English Caesarean section

Pronunciation

Noun

帝王切開 (hiragana ていおうせっかい, rōmaji teiō sekkai, historical hiragana ていわうせつかい)

  1. Caesarean section

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

帝王切開 (jewang jeolgae, McCune-Reischauer: chewang jŏlgae, Yale: ceywang celkay) (hangeul 제왕 절개)

  1. Hanja form? of 제왕 절개 (Caesarean section).
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