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Chinese
结核 / 結核 [jié​hé]
tuberculosis; consumption; nodule
Japanese
結核 けっかく 同音

noun

  1. medicine tuberculosis; TB
  2. geology concretion
Korean
결핵 [結核]
Noun
tuberculosis; A contagious disease wherein a bacteria enters the body's tissue and creates small, hard lumps, causing illness.
Notes
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
何年か前には、結核にかかっていると知らされることは死の宣告を聞くのに等しかった。
Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
Contains
結
jié むす.ぶ 결
knot, tie
核
hé カク 핵
seed, kernel, core