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難症 (なんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

難なん症しょう

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Meanings

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noun

incurable illness; intractable disease

Medical term for a disease that is difficult to cure or treat. Often used in clinical contexts.

この病びょう院いんは難なん症しょうの治ち療りょうに力ちからを入いれている。
This hospital focuses on treating intractable diseases.

Kanji

難difficult, impossible, trouble
症symptoms, illness

Similar words

難なん病びょう
難病 is a broader term for 'intractable disease', often used in legal and social welfare contexts, while 難症 emphasizes the difficulty of treatment from a clinical perspective.

Etymology

Compound of 難 (difficult) and 症 (symptom/illness). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a hard-to-treat condition.