- 病名
- びょうめい
name of a disease* * *びょうめい【病名】the name of a disease 〖C〗.* * *びょうめい【病名】the name of a disease.●まだ病名が決まらない. The disease has not been diagnosed [identified] yet. | A diagnosis has not yet been made.
・その医者には病名がわからなかった. The doctor failed to diagnose the disease [identify the disease]. | The doctor was unable to make a diagnosis [could not put a name to the complaint].
●病名のわからない病気 an unidentified disease.
●病名を付ける identify [diagnose] a disease
・医者は病名を何とも言わなかった. The doctor did not name the disease [say what was wrong with me].
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.