雁がん瘡がさ

noun

ecthyma; prurigo

Medical term for a skin condition; ecthyma is a deep bacterial infection, while prurigo refers to itchy nodules. The Japanese term may historically cover both, but modern usage is rare and largely replaced by more specific dermatological vocabulary.

• 昔むかしの医い学がく書しょには「雁がん瘡がさ」という病びょう名めいが載のっている。

  Old medical books list a disease called 雁瘡.

• がんがさは、現げん在ざいではほとんど使つかわれない古ふるい皮ひ膚ふ科かの用よう語ごだ。

  がんがさ is an old dermatological term that is hardly used today.