schizophrenia

英 [,sk?ts?(?)'fri?n??] 美[,sk?ts?'frin??]

TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯

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

schizophrenia 精神分裂癥

schizo-,分開，分裂，-phren,大腦，腦部，詞源同 phrenetic,frantic,frenetic.-ia,表疾病。引申詞義精神分裂癥。

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. Schizophrenia is not a "split mind" as is popularly believed.: 精神分裂癥并非人們普遍認為的那樣是“分裂的精神”。

2. One of the most common symptoms of schizophrenia is hearing imaginary voices.: 精神分裂癥的最常見的一個癥狀就是幻聽。

3. Susan had a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.: 蘇珊精神崩潰，被診斷為得了精神分裂癥。

4. Despite its prevalence, schizophrenia has existed behind a wall of secrecy for years.: 盡管精神分裂癥患者為數眾多，但多年來這種病一直被捂著掩著。

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, 一個人若被診斷患有精神分裂癥,就等于被判了無期徒刑而終無出獄的希望.