ルンゲ

noun

lung

A German-derived medical/anatomical term for the lung. It is much less ordinary than 肺 in modern general Japanese.

from German Lunge

• 古ふるい医い学がく用よう語ごでは、肺はいをルンゲと呼よぶことがある。

  In older medical terminology, the lung is sometimes called ルンゲ.

noun

pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption

Colloquial, old-fashioned use referring to 肺結核. It is not the normal modern medical term; 肺結核 or 結核 is clearer today.

See also: 肺結核

• 祖そ母ぼの日にっ記きには、肺はい結けっ核かくのことをルンゲと書かいてあった。

  In my grandmother's diary, pulmonary tuberculosis was written as ルンゲ.