アジソン病

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

アジソン (Ajison, surname, from English Addison) +‎ (byō, disease), calque of English Addison's disease.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

アジソン(びょう) (Ajison-byō

  1. (medicine) Addison's disease

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN