輸ゆ入にゅう感かん染せん症しょう

Related words

• 感かん染せん症しょう

  General term for infectious disease; 輸入感染症 specifies that the disease was brought in from abroad.

• 輸ゆ入にゅう

  Means 'import'; here it modifies 感染症 to indicate the disease's foreign origin.

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Etymology

Compound of 輸入 (import) + 感染症 (infectious disease). The term is a modern medical coinage reflecting the concept of diseases crossing borders.