統合失調症

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.

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

統合失調症 (hiragana とうごうしっちょうしょう, rōmaji tōgō shitchō shō)

1. schizophrenia

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

• 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