統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょう

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Meanings

noun

schizophrenia

psychiatry

A psychiatric disorder characterized by disturbances in thought, perception, and behavior. This is the modern clinical term, replacing the older 精神分裂病.

統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょうは、幻げん覚かくや妄もう想そうなどの症しょう状じょうが現あらわれる精せい神しん疾しっ患かんです。
Schizophrenia is a mental illness in which symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions appear.
彼かれは統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょうと診しん断だんされ、治ち療りょうを受うけている。
He was diagnosed with schizophrenia and is receiving treatment.

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Kanji

統overall, relationship, ruling
合fit, suit, join
失lose, error, fault
調tune, tone, meter
症symptoms, illness

Related words

糖とう質しつ
統合失調症 is the formal medical term for schizophrenia, while 糖質 in this sense is a derogatory internet-slang pun based on the abbreviation 統失.

Don't confuse with

シュガー
シュガー is derogatory internet slang that mocks someone's mental state by playing on the sound of 統合失調症, which is the neutral, formal medical term for schizophrenia.

Word family

統とう合ごう失しっ調ちょう症しょう患かん者じゃ
schizophrenia patient; person with schizophrenia

Built from

統とう合ごう+失しっ調ちょう+症しょう

Etymology

Composed of 統合 (integration), 失調 (imbalance), and 症 (disease). The term was adopted in 2002 by the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology to replace the older, more stigmatizing term 精神分裂病 (mind-split disease).