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酸素

酸素

Chinese

 
sour; sore; ache; acid
 plain; element
simp. and trad.
(酸素) 		酸 素

Noun

酸素

  1. (Taiwanese Min Nan) oxygen

References

  • Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), Ogawa Naoyoshi, editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese and Min Nan), volume 1, Taihoku: 同府 [Dōfu], OCLC 25747241, page 773.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酸 素
さん
Grade: 5 		そ
Grade: 5
on'yomi
Chemical element
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Etymology

酸 ‎(san, “acid”) +‎ 素 ‎(so, “element”), calque of Dutch zuurstof ‎(“oxygen; sourstuff”). Compare German Sauerstoff, Luxembourgish Sauerstoff.

Considered to be used first in Udagawa Yōan's (宇田川榕菴, 1798 – 1846) book Introduction to Chemistry (舎密開宗, Seimi Kaisō), a compilation of various scientific books in Dutch.

Pronunciation

Noun

酸素 ‎(hiragana さんそ, romaji sanso)

  1. oxygen (chemical element)
  2. oxygen (molecular oxygen)

Derived terms

  • 酸素気 (さんそき, sansoki): oxygen gas(es)
  • 酸素を送り込む: oxygenate
  • 酸素酸 (sansosan): oxoacid
  • 酸素吸入 (sanso kyūnyū): oxygen inhalation
  • 酸素供給 (sanso kyōkyū): oxygen supply
  • 酸素欠乏 (sanso ketsubō): oxygen deficiency
  • 酸素テント (sanso tento): oxygen tent
  • 酸素マスク (sanso masuku): oxygen mask
  • 酸素添加酵素 (sanso tenka kōso): oxygenase
  • 酸素アセチレン炎 (sanso-asechiren-en): oxyacetylene flame
  • 重酸素 (jūsanso): heavy oxygen
  • 低酸素脳症 (teisanso-nōshō): hypoxic encephalopathy
  • 圧縮酸素 (asshuku sanso): compressed oxygen
  • 液体酸素 (ekitai sanso): liquid oxygen
  • 活性酸素 (kassei sanso): reactive oxygen
  • 溶存酸素 (yōzon sanso): dissolved oxygen
  • 高圧酸素室 (kōatsu-sansoshitsu): hyperbaric oxygen chamber
  • 高圧酸素療法 (kōatsu sanso ryōhō): hyperbaric oxygen therapy
  • 化学的酸素要求量 (kagakuteki sanso-yōkyūryō): chemical oxygen demand
  • 生物化学的酸素要求量 (seibutsu kagakuteki sanso-yōkyūryō): biochemical oxygen demand

Descendants

See also

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 酸素 (さんそ) ‎(sanso).

Pronunciation

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