acute febrile illness; typhoid fever
Medical term for a severe feverish disease, historically including typhoid. Used in clinical or historical contexts.
cold-induced disease; cold damage
Rare term from traditional Chinese medicine, referring to illness caused by external cold. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.
Shōkan is one of the acute illnesses accompanied by high fever.
In Kampo medicine, shōkan refers to a pathological condition caused by cold evil.