精せい神しん分ぶん裂れつ症しょう

noun

schizophrenia

Obsolete and now considered a sensitive term. Replaced by 統合失調症 (とうごうしっちょうしょう) in official and clinical contexts since 2002. Still encountered in older texts or historical discussions.

See also: 精神分裂病 · 統合失調症

• かつては「精せい神しん分ぶん裂れつ症しょう」と呼よばれていたが、現げん在ざいは「統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょう」が正せい式しき名めい称しょうだ。

  It was once called 'seishin bunretsu shō', but now 'tōgō shitchō shō' is the official name.