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Chinese
Japanese
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| 母體 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Likely a coinage in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements, as a compound of 母 (bo, “mother”) + 体 (tai, “body”).
First cited to 1910.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
母体 • (botai)
- (biology) a mother's body
- 母体血清マーカー
- botai kessei mākā
- maternal serum marker
- 母体死亡率
- botai shibōritsu
- the maternal death rate
- 母体免疫
- botai men'eki
- maternal immunity
- 母体保護法
- botai hogohō
- the Maternity Protection Law
- a parent organization or group
- 母体行
- botaikō
- a parent bank
References
- ^ “母体”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN