疑ぎ似じ症しょう

noun

suspected case (of a disease)

Medical term used when a patient shows symptoms that suggest a particular disease but a definitive diagnosis has not yet been made.

• 彼かれは新しん型がたインフルエンザの疑ぎ似じ症しょうとして隔かく離りされた。

  He was isolated as a suspected case of the new influenza.

• 疑ぎ似じ症しょうの段だん階かいでは確かく定てい診しん断だんはできない。

  A definitive diagnosis cannot be made at the suspected-case stage.