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嗜眠性脳炎 (しみんせいのうえん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

嗜し眠みん性せい脳のう炎えん

し

み

ん

せ

い

の

う

え

ん

Meanings

1

encephalitis lethargica

Medical term for a specific form of encephalitis characterized by lethargy; also known as von Economo disease or sleeping sickness.

嗜し眠みん性せい脳のう炎えんは、1910年

ねん

代だい

から

1920

年ねん

代だい

に

かけ

て

世せ

界かい

的てき

に

流りゅう

行こう

し

た

。

Encephalitis lethargica spread worldwide from the 1910s to the 1920s.

Kanji

嗜like, taste, modest
眠sleep, die, sleepy
性sex, gender, nature
脳brain, memory
炎inflammation, flame, blaze

Built from

嗜し眠みん性せい+脳のう炎えん

Etymology

Compound of 嗜眠 (shimin, 'lethargy, drowsiness') + 性 (-sei, '-ic, -like') + 脳炎 (nōen, 'encephalitis'). The term is a direct calque of the English 'encephalitis lethargica'.