性感染症

Japanese

Kanji in this term
性	感	染	症
せい Grade: 5	かん Grade: 3	せん Grade: 6	しょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 性 (sei, “sex”) +‎ 感染 (kansen, “infection”) +‎ 症 (shō, “syndrome, disease”).

Noun

性感染症 (hiragana せいかんせんしょう, rōmaji seikansenshō)

(medicine) venereal disease (VD), sexually transmitted disease (STD)

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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