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症状

症状

See also: 症狀

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 症状 – see 症狀.
(This term, 症状, is the simplified form of 症狀.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
症 状
しょう
Grade: S 		じょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癥狀 (“abdominal tumor / disease + form or appearance”). Compare modern simplified Chinese 症状 ‎(zhèngzhuàng, “symptom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

症状 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 症狀, hiragana しょうじょう, romaji shōjō, historical hiragana しゃうじゃう)

  1. (medicine) a symptom
    ウルシに触 (ふ)れるとどういう症状 (しょうじょう)ですか。気触 (かぶ)れるのですか。
    Urushi ni fureru to dō iu shōjō desu ka. Kabureru no desu ka.
    When you touch poison ivy, what kind of symptoms are there? Do you break out in a rash?
  2. (medicine) a patient's medical condition
    患者 (かんじゃ)の症状 (しょうじょう)が悪化 (あっか)した。
    Kanja no shōjō ga akka shita.
    The patient's condition worsened.

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