てんかん発ほっ作さ

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Meanings

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noun

epileptic seizure; epileptic fit

medicine

Medical term for a seizure caused by epilepsy. Used in both clinical and everyday contexts.

彼かれは子こ供どもの頃ころからてんかん発ほっ作さに悩なやまされている。

He has suffered from epileptic seizures since childhood.

てんかん発ほっ作さ
Standard modern spelling using the common てんかん kanji for epilepsy.
癲てん癇かん発ほっ作さ
Older kanji form using 癲癇 for epilepsy; rarely used in modern medical or everyday writing.

てんかん
Refers to epilepsy as a chronic condition, while てんかん発作 specifically denotes an individual seizure event.
発ほっ作さ
A general term for a sudden attack or fit (e.g., asthma attack, heart attack); てんかん発作 specifies an epileptic seizure.

Compound of てんかん (epilepsy) and 発作 (sudden attack, seizure). The term is a straightforward medical compound with no unusual historical derivation.