noun
Obsolete abbreviation of 精神分裂病 (seishin bunretsubyō). Replaced by 統合失調症 (tōgō shitchō shō) in 2002; this term is now considered outdated and potentially stigmatizing.
See also: 精神分裂病
"Bunretsubyō" was once used as an abbreviation for seishin bunretsubyō, but it is now called "tōgō shitchō shō" (schizophrenia).
The full, now-obsolete term for schizophrenia, from which 分裂病 was abbreviated.
Abbreviation of 精神分裂病 (seishin bunretsubyō), literally 'mind-split disease'. The term fell out of use after the official renaming to 統合失調症 in 2002.