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悪症 (あくしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

悪あく症しょう

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Meanings

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noun

malignant disease; virulent illness

Medical term for a severe, life-threatening disease. Not used in everyday conversation; typically appears in clinical or historical contexts.

医い師しは患かん者じゃに悪あく症しょうの診しん断だんを下くだした。
The doctor diagnosed the patient with a malignant disease.

Kanji

悪bad, vice, rascal
症symptoms, illness

Similar words

悪あく性せい
悪性 is the common word for 'malignant' (e.g., 悪性腫瘍 'malignant tumor'), while 悪症 is a rarer, more formal term for a malignant disease itself.

Etymology

Compound of 悪 (aku, 'bad, evil') and 症 (shō, 'symptom, disease'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with severe illness.