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急性 (きゅうせい): Acute — Japanese vocabulary

急性 is read きゅうせい and means "Acute". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

急性

Reading
きゅうせい · kyuusei
Translation
Acute
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
きゅうせいが

Example

「どうだった?」「急性虫垂炎だって」

「どうだった?」「きゅうせいちゅうすいえんだって」

"How did it go?" "They said it was acute appendicitis."

Kanji in this word

  • 急 — hurry, urgent
  • 性 — nature, sex

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