流行性 (ryuukousei) Japanese meaning: epidemic | Kotomora性
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This virus has high epidemic potential.
伝染性 emphasizes contagiousness or infectivity, whereas 流行性 focuses on the widespread, epidemic aspect.
Word family
influenza; flu
epidemic hepatitis
epidemic encephalitis
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
mumps; epidemic parotitis
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Etymology
Compound of 流行 (りゅうこう, 'spread, prevalence') and 性 (せい, 'nature, characteristic'), literally 'epidemic nature'.
