癇性

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Chinese

epilepsy; insanity sex; nature; suffix corresponding to ‑ness or ‑ity
trad. (癇性)
simp. (痫性)

Pronunciation


Adjective

癇性

  1. (medicine, attributive) epileptic

Usage notes

Mostly found in 癇性發作 / 痫性发作 (xiánxìng fāzuò, seizure), a medical term aimed to disambiguate from 癲癇癫痫 (diānxián) which is the general term for epilepsy/seizures. However, when this is used attributively elsewhere, it often translates to “epileptic”.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgai
しょう
Grade: 5
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
疳性

Pronunciation

Adjective

(かん)(しょう) (kanshōかんしやう (kansyau)?-na (adnominal (かん)(しょう) (kanshō na), adverbial (かん)(しょう) (kanshō ni))

  1. irritable; fiery; hotheaded
  2. nervous; sensitive; fastidious

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN