Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: 1
かん
Grade: 3
せん
Grade: 6
kan’on kan’yōon
Alternative spelling
經口感染 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

Compound of (けい)(こう) (keikō, through mouth; oral) + (かん)(せん) (kansen, infection).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーこーかんせん [kèékóó káꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːko̞ː kã̠ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun edit

(けい)(こう)(かん)(せん) (keikō kansen

  1. (medicine) oral infection; oral transmission

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN