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症例 (しょうれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Meanings 1
noun
medical case ; clinical case
medicine
Refers to an individual instance of a disease, condition, treatment, or patient case considered medically or clinically. Common in phrases such as 症例報告 and まれな症例.
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The effect of this drug has been confirmed in many cases.
Similar words 事じ 例れい A general 'case' or example in many fields; 症例 is specifically medical or clinical.
病びょう 例れい Also means a disease case, but 症例 is the more standard term in clinical and medical reporting.
患かん 者じゃ Means the patient as a person; 症例 refers to the clinical case or instance of illness.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 症, associated with illness or symptoms, and 例, 'example' or 'case'; together it denotes a clinical instance or medical case.
