1.
onset; outbreak (of disease)
The point at which symptoms of a disease or condition first appear.
発症から三日で入院した。
I was hospitalized three days after the onset.
糖尿病を発症するリスクが高い。
There's a high risk of developing diabetes.
ストレスが発症の引き金になることがある。
Stress can trigger the onset of the condition.
発症 refers specifically to the moment when symptoms of a disease first appear. Common in medical and health-related contexts.
COMPOUND: 発 (emit/appear) + 症 (symptom)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 発症する: to develop (a disease)
- 発症率: incidence rate
- 発症時期: time of onset
- 発症リスク: risk of onset
- 発症を防ぐ: to prevent onset
- 発症から~日: ~ days after onset
HOMOPHONE:
Not to be confused with 発祥 (origin, birthplace of something).
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 発病: falling ill (broader; emphasizes becoming sick rather than symptom onset)
- 再発: recurrence, relapse