schizophrenia

• n. [内科] 統合失調症

schizo-、分離、分裂、-phren、脳、大脳、語源はphrenetic、狂乱、熱狂と同じ。統合失調症の派生語。

schizophrenia

schizophrenia: [20] Schizophrenia means literally ‘split mind’. It is a Latinized version of German schizophrenie, coined in 1910 by E Bleuler from Greek skhízein ‘split’ (source of English schism and schist) and phrén ‘mind’ (source of English frantic and phrenology).
=> frantic, phrenology, schism

schizophrenia (n.)

1912, from Modern Latin, literally "a splitting of the mind," from German Schizophrenie, coined in 1910 by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), from Greek skhizein "to split" (see schizo-) + phren (genitive phrenos) "diaphragm, heart, mind," of unknown origin.

1. Schizophrenia is not a "split mind "as is popularly believed.

統合失調症は一般的に考えられているほど「分裂の精神」ではない。One of the most common symptoms of schizophrenia is hearing imaginary voices.

統合失調症の最も一般的な症状の1つが幻聴である。

3.Susan had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia .

スーザンは精神崩壊し、統合失調症と診断された。

4.Despite its prevalence， schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.

統合失調症患者は数あれど、長年この病気は覆い隠されてきた。

5.Before the mid-1950 s，a diagnosis of schizophrenia was a life sentence without a possibility of parole.

50年代半ばまでに、一人が統合失調症と診断されれば、無期懲役を言い渡されて出所の見込みがないことになる。