also: こしけ
noun
leukorrhea; vaginal discharge
Medical term for abnormal or excessive mucous discharge from the female genital tract. In everyday conversation, おりもの is more common.
帯下の症状が続く場合は、婦人科を受診してください。
If symptoms of leukorrhea persist, please see a gynecologist.
この漢方薬は帯下の改善に用いられることがある。
This herbal medicine is sometimes used to improve leukorrhea.
Kana rendering of the rare reading こしけ; not a common practical spelling.
Rare alternative spelling; reading こしけ is uncommon.
Common, everyday term for vaginal discharge, whereas 帯下 is a formal medical term.
From Chinese medicine terminology, combining 帯 (belt, zone) and 下 (below), referring to discharge from the lower body. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.