Japanese edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ジソンびょー [àjísóńbyóó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ʑisõ̞mbʲo̞ː]

Noun edit

アジソン(びょう) (Ajison-byō

  1. (medicine) Addison's disease

References edit

  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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN