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全般性不安障害 (ぜんぱんせいふあんしょうがい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

全ぜん般ぱん性せい不ふ安あん障しょう害がい

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Meanings

1

generalized anxiety disorder; GAD

Psychiatric term for a chronic anxiety condition characterized by excessive, uncontrollable worry about various aspects of life.

全ぜん般ぱん性せい不ふ安あん障しょう害がいの診しん断

だん

基き

準じゅん

に

は

、

過か

剰じょう

な

心しん

配ぱい

と

不安ふあんがろっ

が

6

か

月げつ

以い

上じょう

続つづ

く

こと

が

含ふく

ま

れる

。

The diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder include excessive worry and anxiety lasting six months or more.

Kanji

全whole, entire, all
般carrier, carry, all
性sex, gender, nature
不negative, non-, bad
安relax, cheap, low
障hinder, hurt, harm
害harm, injury

Related words

不ふ安あん障しょう害がい
Anxiety disorder in general; 全般性不安障害 is a specific subtype.
パニック障しょう害がい
Panic disorder, characterized by sudden panic attacks, unlike the persistent worry of GAD.

Built from

全ぜん般ぱん+性せい+

Etymology

Compound of 全般性 (generalized) + 不安 (anxiety) + 障害 (disorder), a direct translation of the English medical term.

不ふ安あん障しょう害がい