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精神分裂病 (せいしんぶんれつびょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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schizophrenia
obsolete term sensitive
Obsolete and now considered stigmatizing; replaced by 統合失調症 (tōgō shitchō shō) in official diagnostic terminology and everyday language. Still encountered in older texts.
See also: 精神分裂症 · 統合失調症
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It was once called 精神分裂病, but now the term 統合失調症 is used.
Kanji 分 part, minute of time, segment Etymology Compound of 精神 (seishin, 'mind'), 分裂 (bunretsu, 'split'), and 病 (byō, 'disease'). A direct translation of the German 'Schizophrenie', coined in the early 20th century. Now obsolete due to its stigmatizing connotation.
