Eyami - Eyami

Japanese: エヤミ - えやみ
Eyami - Eyami

However, treatments and preventive measures (vaccinations) are being established for these diseases. [Ippei Fujimori]
[Epidemic and Civilization]
In Japanese, epidemics are written as 'kobyo', 'epidemic', and 'epidemic' in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, and are pronounced as 'eyami', 'enoyamai', and 'tokinoke', while from the Kamakura to Edo periods they were called 'ekikatsu', 'jien', 'hayarimono', and 'hayayamai'. The English word 'epidemic' comes from the Greek word 'epidēmos' (meaning 'on the people').

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Eyami" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし,これらについても治療法や予防法(ワクチン接種)が確立されつつある。【藤森 一平】
[疫病と文明]
 疫病は日本語では《古事記》や《日本書紀》には伇病,疫疾,疫気などと書かれ,エヤミ,エノヤマイ,トキノケなどと読み,鎌倉時代から江戸時代にかけては疫癘,時疫,ハヤリモノ,ハヤリヤマイなどと呼ばれていた。英語のエピデミックはギリシア語のエピデモスepidēmos(〈民衆の上に〉の意)から出た言葉である。…

※「エヤミ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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