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糖尿病

糖尿病

Chinese

sugar; sweets; candy urinate; urine
 
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad.
(糖尿病)
尿
Literally: “sweet urine disease”.

Noun

糖尿病

  1. (endocrinology) diabetes mellitus; diabetes

Synonyms

  • 渴病
  • 消渴症
  • 甜尿病

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尿
とう
Grade: 6
にょう
Grade: S
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

糖尿 (glycosuria) + (disease)

Pronunciation

Noun

糖尿病 (hiragana とうにょうびょう, romaji tōnyōbyō, historical hiragana たうねうびやう)

  1. (pathology) diabetes

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
尿

Noun

糖尿病 (dangnyobyeong) (hangeul 당뇨병)

  1. Hanja form? of 당뇨병, “diabetes”.