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後遺症 (こういしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

後こう遺い症しょう

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Meanings

1

after-effect; sequela; prognostic symptoms

Medical term for lingering symptoms or complications following an illness or injury; also used figuratively for lasting negative consequences.

交こう通つう事じ故この後こう遺い症

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I still have neck pain as an after-effect of the traffic accident.

その政せい策さくの後こう遺い症しょうが長ながく経けい済ざいに残のこった。

The after-effects of that policy lingered in the economy for a long time.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の後こう遺い症しょうが残のこるafter-effects of 〈event〉 remain
事じ故この後こう遺い症しょうが今いまも残のこっている。
The after-effects of the accident still remain today.
後こう遺い症しょうに苦くるしむto suffer from after-effects
彼かれは交こう通つう事じ故この後こう遺い症しょうに苦くるしんでいる。
He is suffering from the after-effects of a traffic accident.
後こう遺い症しょうが出でるafter-effects to appear/manifest
手しゅ術じゅつの後あと、後こう遺い症しょうが出でることがある。
After surgery, after-effects can sometimes appear.
後こう遺い症しょうを負おうto bear/sustain after-effects
彼かの女じょはその病びょう気きの後こう遺い症しょうを一いっ生しょう負おうことになった。
She ended up bearing the after-effects of that illness for the rest of her life.

Kanji

後behind, back, later
遺bequeath, leave behind, reserve
症symptoms, illness

Related words

副ふく作さ用ようN2
副作用 refers to unwanted side effects that occur during or from a treatment/drug, while 後遺症 refers to symptoms that linger after the original illness or injury has otherwise resolved.

Don't confuse with

障しょう害がいN3
障害 is a general term for a disability or functional impairment (which may be lifelong or unrelated to any prior illness), whereas 後遺症 specifically denotes a residual symptom left behind by a past illness or injury.
合がっ併ぺい症しょう
後遺症 refers to lasting after-effects that remain once an illness or injury has healed, whereas 合併症 is a new condition that develops during the course of the original illness.

Word family

新しん型がたコロナ後こう遺い症しょう
long COVID; post-acute sequelae of COVID-19

Etymology

Compound of 後 (after) + 遺 (leave behind) + 症 (symptom/condition). The term is a modern medical coinage, likely from the Meiji period, combining kanji with their standard Sino-Japanese readings.