腺疫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
腺	疫
せん Grade: S	えき Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage, as a compound of 腺 (sen, “gland”, Japanese-coined kanji) +‎ 疫 (eki, “pestilence, disease”).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃e̞kʲi]

Noun

腺疫 (hiragana せんえき, rōmaji sen'eki)

(veterinary medicine) strangles

References

“腺疫”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
“腺疫”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainiban, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

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