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熱発 (ねっぱつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

熱ねっ発ぱつ

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

fever; pyrexia

Medical term for fever; used in clinical settings. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to develop a fever'.

術じゅつ後ごに熱ねっ発ぱつが見みられた。
Fever was observed after the surgery.
患かん者じゃが突とつ然ぜん熱ねっ発ぱつした。
The patient suddenly developed a fever.

Kanji

熱heat, temperature, fever
発departure, discharge, publish

Similar words

発はつ熱ねつ
発熱 is the more common term for 'fever' or 'generation of heat', used in both medical and everyday contexts. 熱発 is a less common medical synonym.
熱ねつ
熱 is the general word for 'heat' or 'fever', used in everyday language. 熱発 is a technical term specifically for the onset or presence of fever.

Etymology

Compound of 熱 (netsu, 'heat, fever') and 発 (hatsu, 'occurrence, outbreak'), with rendaku voicing. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common Sino-Japanese word formation pattern.