기전

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Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 機轉

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gijeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gijeon
McCune–Reischauer?kijŏn
Yale Romanization?kicen

Noun

기전 (gijeon)

  1. (medicine) mechanism
    작용 기전
    jagyong gijeon
    mechanism of action
    단백질폐암세포 증식 전이 조절 기전
    i danbaekjir-ui pyeamsepo jeungsik mit jeoni jojeol gijeon
    the regulatory mechanism of this protein on the proliferation and metastasis of lung cancer cells

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 棋戰

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gijeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gijeon
McCune–Reischauer?kijŏn
Yale Romanization?kicen

Noun

기전 (gijeon)

  1. a game of baduk or of chess
  2. baduk or chess competition