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後天性 (こうてんせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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正せい
式しき
名めい
称しょう
です
。
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is the formal name for AIDS.
Opposites 遺伝 describes traits or conditions passed down genetically from parents, whereas 後天性 describes traits or conditions acquired after birth through environment or experience.
天性 means a quality one is born with, while 後天性 describes a quality or condition acquired after birth.
Etymology Compound of 後天 (kōten, 'after birth') + 性 (-sei, 'nature, property'). The term is a calque from Western medical and philosophical vocabulary.
