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分裂病 (bunretsubyou) Japanese meaning: schizophrenia | Kotomora
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"Bunretsubyō" was once used as an abbreviation for seishin bunretsubyō, but it is now called "tōgō shitchō shō" (schizophrenia).
Kanji 分 part, minute of time, segment Related words 統とう 合ごう 失しっ 調ちょう 症しょう The modern, medically and socially preferred term for schizophrenia, replacing 精神分裂病 and its abbreviation 分裂病.
精せい 神しん 分ぶん 裂れつ 病びょう The full, now-obsolete term for schizophrenia, from which 分裂病 was abbreviated.
Etymology 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.
