スモン

noun

subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy; SMON

A neurological disease that occurred in Japan as a side effect of clioquinol, an intestinal drug. The term is primarily used in medical and historical contexts.

• スモンは、かつて整せい腸ちょう剤ざいの副ふく作さ用ようとして問もん題だいになった病びょう気きです。

  SMON is a disease that once became a problem as a side effect of intestinal drugs.