無む言ごん症しょう

noun

mutism

Medical term for the inability or refusal to speak, often used in psychiatric or neurological contexts. The cross-referenced term 緘黙症 (かんもくしょう) is more common in clinical settings.

See also: 緘黙症

• 無む言ごん症しょうは、話はなす能のう力りょくがあるのに話はなさない状じょう態たいを指さすことがある。

  Mutism can refer to a condition in which a person has the ability to speak but does not.

• 緘かん黙もく症しょうと無む言ごん症しょうは、医い学がく文ぶん献けんでは区く別べつされる場ば合あいがある。

  Selective mutism and mutism are sometimes distinguished in medical literature.