암종

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 癌腫, from 癌 (“cancer”) + 腫 (“tumor”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)md͡ʑo̞ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [암(ː)종]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?amjong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?amjong
McCune–Reischauer?amjong
Yale Romanization?āmcong

Noun

암종 • (amjong) (hanja 癌腫)

  1. (pathology) carcinoma
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