病原

病源

Reading

Kana: びょうげん

Romaji: byōgen

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology

Kanji

病

Readings: ビョウ、 ヘイ、 や.む、 -や.み、 やまい

Meanings: ill, sick

原

Readings: ゲン、 はら

Meanings: meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness

源

Readings: ゲン、 みなもと

Meanings: source, origin