抑よくうつ神しん経けい症しょう

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Meanings

noun

depressive neurosis

dated termpsychiatry›

Dated psychiatric term for a chronic, mild depression; now largely replaced by 気分変調症 (dysthymic disorder) in modern clinical usage.

Kanji

抑repress, well, now
神gods, mind, soul
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
症symptoms, illness
鬱gloom, depression, melancholy

Related words

気き分ぶん変へん調ちょう症しょう
Modern clinical term for the same condition; 抑うつ神経症 is the older, now dated name.

Written forms

抑よくうつ神しん経けい症しょう
Standard modern spelling using うつ for the second character.
抑よく鬱うつ神しん経けい症しょう
Older spelling using the kyūjitai form 鬱; still encountered in historical or formal medical texts.

Etymology

Compound of 抑うつ (depression, from 抑 'suppress' + うつ 'melancholy') and 神経症 (neurosis). The term reflects early 20th-century psychiatric classification.