also: しょうかつ
diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine)
A term from traditional Chinese medicine, corresponding to diabetes mellitus. Not used in modern Western medical contexts.
See also: 糖尿病
gonorrhea (in women, obsolete)
Obsolete term for gonorrhea in women, formerly used in traditional medical contexts. Replaced by modern terms such as 淋病.
See also: 淋病
In Kampo medicine, 消渇 is treated as a disease name corresponding to diabetes.
In old medical texts, gonorrhea in women was sometimes written as 消渇.
Standard kanji form for the traditional Chinese medicine term.
Alternate reading restricted to the 消渇 spelling; less common than しょうかち.
Rare variant kanji form; 𤸎 is a non-Jōyō character.
From Chinese 消渴 (xiāokě), a traditional medical term for diabetes. The reading しょうかち is the go-on pronunciation; しょうかつ is a variant. The second sense (gonorrhea) is an obsolete Japanese extension.