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乙腦

简乙脑 · 繁乙腦

Mandarin · pinyin yǐ nǎo

Japanese encephalitis (abbr. for 乙型腦炎 yǐ xíng nǎo yán)

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乙: yǐ · second; 2nd heavenly stem
腦: Look up this written character
脑: nǎo · brain

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3–3 · yi3 nao3

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jyut3 nou5

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noun

(pathology) short for 乙型腦炎／乙型脑炎 (yǐxíng nǎoyán)

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