schizophrenic
意味一覧 (2件)
統合失調症患者
解説 Definition
名詞では「統合失調症と診断された人」を指します。古い医学文献や報道で見かけますが、人を病名で分類する響きが強く、現在は a person with schizophrenia のように人を先に置く言い方が一般に無難です。
As a noun, schizophrenic refers to a person who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. You may see this use in older medical writing or in news reports. However, it can sound as if the person is being reduced to a diagnosis, so many people now prefer expressions like a person with schizophrenia.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
schizophrenic は schizophrenia「統合失調症」から派生した語です。-ic は diabetic のように「その病気に関わる人」を名詞化することがありますが、この語を a schizophrenic と人に直接使うと、人格より診断名を前面に出す印象になります。読むときは「患者」という意味を理解し、書くときは person with schizophrenia を優先すると覚えます。
Remember that schizophrenic comes from schizophrenia, the name of the illness. The suffix -ic can sometimes make a noun for a person connected with a disease, as in diabetic. But if you call someone a schizophrenic, it can sound like the diagnosis is more important than the person, so person with schizophrenia is usually the safer choice in writing.
例文
In older medical texts, schizophrenic was used as a noun for a person diagnosed with schizophrenia.
古い医学文献では、schizophrenic は統合失調症患者を指す名詞として使われていました。
The article called him a schizophrenic, but many editors today would choose person with schizophrenia instead.
その記事では彼を統合失調症患者と呼んでいましたが、今では person with schizophrenia のほうを選ぶ編集者が多いです。
Some readers feel uncomfortable when schizophrenic is used as a noun because it puts the diagnosis before the person.
schizophrenic が名詞で使われると、人より診断名が前に出るため、不快に感じる読者もいます。
統合失調症の
(意味 2)解説 Definition
形容詞では、統合失調症に関わる症状・発作・診断上の特徴を修飾します。schizophrenic symptoms や schizophrenic episode のように、医学的な状態を説明する場面で使われる語です。
Schizophrenic means related to schizophrenia, a serious mental health condition that affects how a person thinks, feels, and understands reality. It is mainly a medical word and should be used carefully and accurately. It is best not to use it casually to describe confusing situations or behavior.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
形容詞の schizophrenic は「schizophrenia に関する」と考え、後ろに symptoms, episode, disorder, reaction など臨床的な名詞を置く形で覚えると整理しやすいです。名詞用法が人を指すのに対し、こちらは症状や状態の性質を述べます。比喩的に「矛盾した」「支離滅裂な」と使われることもありますが、医学語としての重さがあるため慎重に扱います。
If you know the noun `schizophrenia`, then `schizophrenic` is its adjective form. The ending `-ic` often means `related to`, so that gives you a useful memory hook. It is mainly a medical word, often seen in phrases like `schizophrenic symptoms`, so remember it as a serious clinical term, not a casual everyday label.
例文
The patient displayed schizophrenic symptoms including hallucinations.
その患者は幻覚を含む統合失調症の症状を示していた。
His schizophrenic episodes became more frequent over time.
彼の統合失調症のエピソードは時間とともに頻繁になった。
Schizophrenic individuals often struggle with distinguishing reality from delusions.
統合失調症の人々は現実と妄想を区別するのに苦労することが多い。
schizophrenic の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 skhizein「裂く」+ phren「心・精神」に由来する schizophrenia に、形容詞・名詞を作る -ic が付いた語。医学語として発達しました。
Schizophrenic comes from schizophrenia plus the suffix -ic. Schizophrenia was formed from Greek skhizein, meaning "to split," and phren, meaning "mind" or "spirit." The word developed as a medical term, and schizophrenic later became both an adjective and a noun.
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