ワクチン

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Japanese

 ワクチン on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vakzin.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ワクチン • (wakuchin) 

  1. (immunology) vaccine
  2. (dated) Clipping of ワクチンソフトウェア (wakuchin sofutowea, “antivirus software”).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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