肺はい病びょう病やみ

noun

person with pulmonary tuberculosis; consumptive

Refers to someone suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs; somewhat dated term as tuberculosis is now less common and often called 肺結核.

• 昔むかし、肺はい病びょう病やみは療りょう養よう所じょで長ながい療りょう養よう生せい活かつを送おくった。

  In the past, consumptives spent long periods of convalescence in sanatoriums.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころに肺はい病びょう病やみだったが、幸さいわい回かい復ふくした。

  He was a consumptive in his youth, but fortunately recovered.