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病徴 (びょうちょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

病びょう徴ちょう

Meanings

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noun

Medical term for a symptom or sign of a disease. Used in clinical or technical descriptions.

この病びょう気きの初しょ期き病びょう徴ちょうは発はつ熱ねつと咳せきです。
The early symptoms of this disease are fever and cough.

Kanji

病ill, sick
徴indications, sign, omen

Similar words

症しょう状じょう
症状 is the common, everyday word for 'symptom'. 病徴 is more technical and often used in medical or agricultural contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 病 (disease) and 徴 (sign, indication). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with medical symptoms.