疾しっ病ぺい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

illness; disease

Formal or technical term for illness or disease, often used in medical, legal, or official contexts. More formal than 病気 (byōki).

この疾しっ病ぺいの治ち療りょう法ほうはまだ確かく立

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さ

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ない

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A treatment for this disease has not yet been established.

感かん染せん症しょうは法ほう定てい疾しっ病ぺいに指し定ていされている。

Infectious diseases are designated as notifiable illnesses.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が疾しっ病ぺいにかかるfor someone to contract an illness
多おおくの労ろう働どう者しゃがその疾しっ病ぺいにかかった。
Many workers contracted that illness.
疾しっ病ぺいを予よ防ぼうするto prevent disease
定てい期き的てきな検けん診しんは疾しっ病ぺいを予よ防ぼうするのに役やく立だつ。
Regular checkups help prevent disease.
疾しっ病ぺいの治ち療りょうtreatment of a disease
この病びょう院いんは様さま々ざまな疾しっ病ぺいの治ち療りょうを行おこなっている。
This hospital treats a variety of diseases.

Kanji

疾rapidly
病ill, sick

Related words

病びょう気きN5
病気 is the common, everyday word for illness, while 疾病 is a formal term used in medical, legal, or statistical contexts.
疾しっ患かん
疾患 is a medical term for a specific disease or disorder, whereas 疾病 is a broader formal term covering illness in general, often in official or statistical usage.
病やまいN1
疾病 is a stiff, official/legal term for disease used in documents and statistics, while 病 is more literary and general.

Opposites

健けん康こうN4
健康 means being healthy, the direct opposite state to 疾病, which refers to illness or disease.

Don't confuse with

疫えき病びょう
疾病 means disease or illness in general, while 疫病 specifically refers to an epidemic or plague, so the two share the kanji 病 but differ in scope.

Word family

三さん大だい疾しっ病ぺい
three major diseases
公こう務む疾しっ病ぺい
sickness incurred in line of duty
疾しっ病ぺい保ほ険けん
sickness insurance

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 疾 and 病, both meaning illness. The reading combines 疾のしつ with the Kan-on reading へい of 病, producing しっぺい through consonant assimilation.

疾しっ病ぺい構こう造ぞう

disease pattern; disease structure

疾しっ病ぺい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

nosophobia; disease phobia