See 破瓜 on Wiktionary
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[
"disorganized schizophrenia",
"disorganized schizophrenia"
],
[
"schizophrenia",
"schizophrenia"
],
[
"onset",
"onset"
],
[
"adolescence",
"adolescence"
]
],
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"(by extension from the age 16 sense) hebephrenia, disorganized schizophrenia: a type of schizophrenia with onset typically occurring during adolescence"
],
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"from the age 16 sense"
],
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{
"word": "破瓜病"
},
{
"word": "破瓜型総合失調症"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
}
],
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{
"other": "はか"
},
{
"ipa": "[ha̠ka̠]"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Daijisen",
"ja:松村明",
"ja:破瓜"
],
"word": "破瓜"
}
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