Meaning of 急性(きゅうせい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 急性

Kana Reading きゅうせい

Romaji kyūsei

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

Meaning

acute (e.g. illness)

Examples of 急性, きゅうせい in a sentence

「どうだった？」「急性虫垂炎だって」

How did it go? "They said it was acute appendicitis."
ここに急性の痛みがあります。

I have an acute pain here.

Related Kanji

急 JLPT 4

9 strokes

hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

On'Yomi: キュウ

Kun'Yomi: いそ.ぐ, いそ.ぎ

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性 JLPT 3

8 strokes

sex, gender, nature

On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ

Kun'Yomi: さが

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