拒食

• 読み: きょしょく
• ローマ字: kyoshoku
• 漢字の分解: 拒 (kyo) — refuse, resist, reject; 食 (shoku/ta) — eat, food
• 発音: /kʲo.ɕo.kɯ/

意味

Food refusal; anorexia; the act of refusing or being unable to eat.

Used both as a clinical term (as in 拒食症, anorexia nervosa) and to describe the symptom of refusing food in various contexts, including advanced dementia, depression, end-of-life care, or childhood feeding difficulties. Often discussed alongside 過食 (overeating) in eating disorder contexts. 摂食障害 (eating disorders) is the broader category.

例文

1. 思春期に発症した拒食症の治療には、長期的なサポートが必要だ。
2. 認知症が進行すると、拒食が見られることがある。
3. 拒食と過食を繰り返す摂食障害の患者が増加している。

使い方ガイド

場面: medicine, psychiatry, eating disorders, dementia care, paediatrics

トーン: clinical

起源と歴史

Compound of 拒 (kyo, refuse/resist) and 食 (shoku/ta, eat/food). Together they mean refusing to eat, with 拒 carrying the nuance of active resistance or rejection.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General