瘧ぎゃく疾しつ

noun

ague; intermittent fever; malarial fever

Archaic medical term for a fever with recurring chills and sweating, often associated with malaria. The cross-reference わらわやみ (瘧) is a more common historical term for the same condition.

See also: わらわやみ

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの医い学がく書しょには「瘧ぎゃく疾しつ」という病びょう名めいが記しるされている。

  In Edo-period medical texts, the disease name '瘧疾' is recorded.