不ふ定てい愁しゅう訴そ

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Meanings

noun

general malaise; unidentified complaint; all-round poor physical condition

Medical term for a state of vague, persistent physical discomfort without a clear diagnosis. Often used in clinical or health-related contexts.

不ふ定てい愁しゅう訴そに悩なやむ患かん者じゃは、検けん査さをし

て

も

異い

常じょう

が

見み

つから

ない

こと

が

多おお

い

。

Patients suffering from general malaise often show no abnormalities even after tests.

彼かの女じょは不ふ定てい愁しゅう訴そを訴うったえて、いくつもの病びょう院いんを回まわった。

She visited several hospitals complaining of unidentified symptoms.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
定determine, fix, establish
愁distress, grieve, lament
訴accusation, sue, complain of pain

Related words

倦けん怠たい感かん
倦怠感 is a general feeling of fatigue or lassitude, while 不定愁訴 refers to a broader set of vague, medically unexplained physical complaints.
不ふ定てい症しょう状じょう
不定症状 is a similar term meaning 'vague symptoms', but 不定愁訴 emphasizes the patient's subjective complaints rather than the symptoms themselves.

Built from

不ふ定てい+愁しゅう訴そ

Etymology

Compound of 不定 (futei, 'indefinite, vague') and 愁訴 (shūso, 'complaint, lamentation'). The term is used in modern medical Japanese to describe a condition of persistent, non-specific physical discomfort.