統合失調症

Japanese

Kanji in this term
統	合	失	調	症
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) +‎ 症 (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.

Noun

統(とう)合(ごう)失(しっ)調(ちょう)症(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