sick school syndrome
A medical term for symptoms (headaches, fatigue, etc.) that appear when inside a school building, often linked to building materials, cleaning chemicals, or poor ventilation.
More students complained of sick school syndrome symptoms in the newly built school building.
Chemicals released from building materials are suspected as a cause of sick school syndrome.
Standard kanji-katakana mixed spelling.
Variant with a middle dot; less common but seen in some sources.
Wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) from 'sick' + 'school' + 症候群 (syndrome), modeled after 'sick building syndrome'.