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振戦麻痺 (しんせんまひ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

振しん戦せん麻ま痺ひ

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Meanings

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noun

shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease

obsolete termmedicine

Obsolete medical term for Parkinson's disease, replaced by パーキンソン病 in modern usage. Found in historical medical texts or older literature.

See also: パーキンソン病

19世せい紀きの医い学がく書しょには「振しん戦せん麻ま痺ひ」という病

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In 19th-century medical books, the disease name 'shaking palsy' is recorded.

Written forms

振しん戦せん麻ま痺ひ
Standard modern kanji spelling for this obsolete medical term.
振しん顫せん麻ま痺ひ
Obsolete spelling using the older kanji 顫; rarely encountered in modern texts.
震しん顫せん麻ま痺ひ
Variant spelling with 震 instead of 振; also obsolete.

Kanji

振shake, wave, wag
顫shudder
麻hemp, flax, numb
痺palsy, become numb, paralysed
戦war, battle, match
震quake, shake, tremble

Similar words

パーキンソン病びょう
Modern standard term for Parkinson's disease; 振戦麻痺 is its obsolete predecessor.

Etymology

Coined in Japanese as a translation of the English 'shaking palsy', using 振戦 (tremor) and 麻痺 (paralysis). The term is now obsolete, replaced by the loanword パーキンソン病.