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不能症 (funoushou) Japanese meaning: impotence | Kotomora

不ふ能のう症しょう

Meanings

1

Medical term for erectile dysfunction or inability to perform sexually.

不ふ能のう症しょうの治ち療りょうには様さま々ざまな方ほう法ほうがある。
There are various methods for treating impotence.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
能ability, talent, skill
症symptoms, illness

Related words

インポテンツ
Common loanword for impotence, often used in everyday conversation, while 不能症 is a more formal medical term.
勃ぼっ起き不ふ全ぜん
More specific medical term for erectile dysfunction, often abbreviated as ED.

Word family

性せい交こう不ふ能のう症しょう
apareunia; sexual impotence
書しょ字じ不ふ能のう症しょう
agraphia

Built from

不ふ能のう+症しょう

Etymology

Compound of 不能 (funō, 'inability') and 症 (shō, 'condition' or 'syndrome'), forming a medical term for impotence.