醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょう

noun

body dysmorphic disorder; dysmorphophobia

Medical term for a mental disorder characterized by obsessive preoccupation with perceived flaws in one's appearance. Often abbreviated as 醜形恐怖.

• 醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうの患かん者じゃは、自じ分ぶんの外がい見けんの些さ細さいな欠けっ点てんに過か度どにとらわれる。

  Patients with body dysmorphic disorder become excessively preoccupied with minor flaws in their appearance.

• 彼かの女じょは醜しゅう形けい恐きょう怖ふ症しょうと診しん断だんされ、認にん知ち行こう動どう療りょう法ほうを受うけている。

  She was diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder and is receiving cognitive behavioral therapy.