also: しょうかつ
noun
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
漢方では、消渇は糖尿病に相当する病名として扱われる。
In Kampo medicine, 消渇 is treated as a disease name corresponding to diabetes.
noun
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
古い医学書では、女性の淋病を消渇と記すことがあった。
In old medical texts, gonorrhea in women was sometimes written as 消渇.
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.