schizophrenia

n. [内科] 精神分裂症

中文词源

schizophrenia 精神分裂症

schizo-,分开，分裂，-phren,大脑，脑部，词源同 phrenetic,frantic,frenetic.-ia,表疾病。引申词义精神分裂症。

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. shed, scissor => schiz- / schizo- "split".2. schizo- + phren- "mind" + -ia.

1. Schizophrenia is not a "split mind" as is popularly believed.: 精神分裂症并非人们普遍认为的那样是“分裂的精神”。

2. One of the most common symptoms of schizophrenia is hearing imaginary voices.: 精神分裂症的最常见的一个症状就是幻听。

3. Susan had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.: 苏珊精神崩溃，被诊断为得了精神分裂症。

4. Despite its prevalence, schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.: 尽管精神分裂症患者为数众多，但多年来这种病一直被捂着掩着。

5. Before the mid - 1950 s, a diagnosis of schizophrenia was a life sentence without a possibility of parole.: 五十年代中期以前, 一个人若被诊断患有精神分裂症,就等于被判了无期徒刑而终无出狱的希望.