정신분열증

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 精神分裂症, from 精神 (“psychological”) + 分裂 (“division”) + 症 (“syndrome, disease”), with compound/genitive tensing applied.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹ŋɕʰin puɲʌ̹ʎt͡ɕ͈ɯŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [정신 부녈쯩]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeongsin bunyeoljeung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeongsin bun'yeoljeung
McCune–Reischauer?chŏngsin punyŏlchŭng
Yale Romanization?cengsin pun.yelqcung

Noun

정신분열증 • (jeongsinbunyeoljeung) (hanja 精神分裂症)

  1. (pathology, now disfavoured) schizophrenia

Usage notes

See 정신분열병 (精神分裂病, jeongsinbunyeolbyeong).

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