also: ふちのやまい
incurable illness; incurable disease
Refers to a disease that cannot be cured. Often used in serious or literary contexts.
He was diagnosed with an incurable illness.
There are organizations that support patients fighting incurable diseases.
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ふじのやまい is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 不治 (fuji, 'incurable') + の (possessive particle) + 病 (yamai, 'illness'). 不治 is a Sino-Japanese word (kango) from 不 (fu, 'not') and 治 (ji, 'cure').