Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: S
きょく
Grade: 4
せい
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 6
がい
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
雙極性障害 (kyūjitai)
 双極性障害 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology edit

双極性 (sōkyokusei, bipolarity) +‎ 障害 (shōgai, handicap)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーきょせーしょーがい [sòókyókúséé shóꜜògàì] (Nakadaka – [7])
  • IPA(key): [so̞ːkʲo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː ɕo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun edit

(そう)(きょく)(せい)(しょう)(がい) (sōkyokusei shōgaiさうきやくせいしやうがい (saukyakusei syaugai)?

  1. (psychiatry) bipolar disorder; manic depression
    • 2010, 寺尾岳,後藤慎二郎,帆秋伸彦,王育梅,荒木康夫,河野健太郎, “(そう)(きょく)(せい)(しょう)(がい)(しん)(だん)()(りょう) [The diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder]”, in (せい)(しん)(しん)(けい)(がく)(ざっ)() [Psychiatria et Neurologia Japonica]‎[1], volume 112, number 12, archived from the original on 21 August 2019, page 1261:
      (そう)(きょく)(せい)(しょう)(がい)(がい)(ねん)(ひろ)がるにつれて,うつ(びょう)(なか)にも(そう)(てき)(いん)()(ゆう)するものが(そん)(ざい)することが(ちゅう)(もく)されている。
      Sōkyokusei shōgai no gainen ga hirogaru ni tsurete, utsubyō no naka ni mo sō-teki inshi o yūsuru mono ga sonzai suru koto ga chūmokusarete iru.
      As the concept of bipolar disorder continues to evolve, the presence of manic elements in depression has been observed.

Synonyms edit