内ない障しょう

noun

internal hindrance (Buddhism)

Only with reading ないしょう

Buddhist term for an inner obstacle or defilement that hinders enlightenment. Restricted to the reading ないしょう.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、煩ぼん悩のうは内ない障しょうの一ひとつとされる。

  In Buddhism, worldly desires are considered one type of internal hindrance.

noun

visual disorder from within the eye (e.g., glaucoma, amaurosis)

Historical medical term for any visual impairment caused by an internal eye problem, such as glaucoma or amaurosis. Now largely replaced by modern disease names. The reading そこひ is archaic; ないしょう is also used for this sense.

See also: 上翳

• 昔むかしは緑りょく内ない障しょうも底翳そこひと呼よばれた。

  In the past, glaucoma was also called そこひ.

• 古こ典てん医い学がく書しょには「内ない障しょう」の記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  Descriptions of 'internal eye disorders' can be found in classical medical texts.