1.
onset; outbreak (of disease)
The point at which symptoms of a disease or condition first appear.
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
Watch out
Not to be confused with 発祥 (origin, birthplace of something).
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発病 (falling ill (broader)
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再発 (recurrence, relapse)
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潜伏期間 (incubation period)