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Korean
- 류행병 (ryuhaengbyeong) (North Korea)
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 流行病, from 流行 (“widespreadness, circulation”) + 病 (“disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yuhaengbyeong |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yuhaengbyeong |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yuhaengpyŏng |
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| Yale Romanization? | yuhayngqpyeng |
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Noun
유행병 • (yuhaengbyeong) (hanja 流行病)
- (medicine) epidemic; pestilence
Derived terms
- 유행병학 (流行病學, yuhaengbyeonghak, “epidemiology”)