統合失調症

Japanese

Kanji in this term
調
とう
Grade: 5
ごう
Grade: 2
しつ > しっ
Grade: 4
ちょう
Grade: 3
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 統合 (tōgō, comprehensive) + 失調 (shitchō, disharmony, imbalance, especially implying the loss of a previous harmony or balance) + (shō, disorder).

Coined in 2002 by the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology as a replacement for the older term 精神分裂病 (seishin bunretsu byō, literally mind/intellect split/break disease), due to confusion regarding the term and the diagnosis. See 精神分裂病 for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーごーしっちょーしょー [tòógóó shítchóó shóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːɡo̞ː ɕit̚t͡ɕo̞ː ɕo̞ː]

Noun

(とう)(ごう)(しっ)調(ちょう)(しょう) • (tōgō shitchō shō) 

  1. schizophrenia

Synonyms

  • 精神分裂病 (せいしんぶんれつびょう, seishin bunretsu byō) (dated, deprecated, potentially offensive)

Derived terms

  • 統合失調症患者 (とうごうしっちょうしょうかんじゃ, tōgō shitchō shō kanja): a schizophrene, a person suffering from schizophrenia

References

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