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被虐待児症候群 (ひぎゃくたいじしょうこうぐん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

被ひ虐ぎゃく待たい児じ症しょう候こう群ぐん

ひ

ぎゃ

く

た

い

じ

しょ

う

こ

う

ぐ

ん

Meanings

1

battered child syndrome

Medical term for the pattern of physical and psychological injuries resulting from child abuse.

被ひ虐ぎゃく待たい児じ症しょう候こう群ぐんは、

身しん

体たい

的てき

虐ぎゃく

待たい

を

受う

け

た

子こ

ども

に

見み

られる

特とく

徴ちょう

的てき

な

症状しんじょう

の

総そう

称しょう

です

。

Battered child syndrome is a general term for the characteristic symptoms seen in children who have suffered physical abuse.

Kanji

被incur, cover, veil
虐tyrannize, oppress
待wait, depend on
児newborn babe, child, young of animals
症symptoms, illness
候climate, season, weather
群flock, group, crowd

Related words

児じ童どう虐ぎゃく待たい
Refers to child abuse in general, while 被虐待児症候群 specifically denotes the medical syndrome resulting from such abuse.

Built from

被ひ虐ぎゃく待たい児じ+症しょう候こう群ぐん

Etymology

Compound of 被虐待児 (abused child) and 症候群 (syndrome), likely a direct translation of the English medical term 'battered child syndrome'.