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振戦麻痺 (shinsenmahi) Japanese meaning: shaking palsy | Kotomora

振しん戦せん麻ま痺ひ

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Meanings

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shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease

obsolete termmedicine›

Obsolete medical term for Parkinson's disease, replaced by パーキンソン病 in modern usage. Found in historical medical texts or older literature.

See also: パーキンソン病

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In 19th-century medical books, the disease name 'shaking palsy' is recorded.

Kanji

振shake, wave, wag
顫shudder
麻hemp, flax, numb
痺palsy, become numb, paralysed
戦war, battle, match
震quake, shake, tremble

Related words

パーキンソン病びょう
Modern standard term for Parkinson's disease; 振戦麻痺 is its obsolete predecessor.

Written forms

振しん戦せん麻ま痺ひ
Standard modern kanji spelling for this obsolete medical term.
振しん顫せん麻ま痺ひ
Obsolete spelling using the older kanji 顫; rarely encountered in modern texts.
震しん顫せん麻ま痺ひ
Variant spelling with 震 instead of 振; also obsolete.

Etymology

Coined in Japanese as a translation of the English 'shaking palsy', using 振戦 (tremor) and 麻痺 (paralysis). The term is now obsolete, replaced by the loanword パーキンソン病.