心しん疾しつ

noun

mental illness; anxiety-induced sickness

Obsolete term for a disease of the mind or illness caused by worry. Not used in modern medical or everyday Japanese.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「心しん疾しつ」という言こと葉ばが精せい神しんの病やまいを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 心疾 is used to refer to mental illness.