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豚丹毒 (tontandoku) Japanese meaning: swine erysipelas | Kotomora

豚とん丹たん毒どく

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Meanings

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swine erysipelas

A bacterial disease of pigs caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; a technical veterinary term.

豚とん丹たん毒どくは豚ぶたの重じゅう要ような感かん染せん症しょう

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Swine erysipelas is one of the important infectious diseases of pigs.

Kanji

豚pork, pig
丹rust-colored, red, red lead
毒poison, virus, venom

Built from

豚とん+丹たん毒どく

Etymology

Compound of 豚 (ton, 'pig') and 丹毒 (tandoku, 'erysipelas'), a direct calque of the English medical term 'swine erysipelas'.