noun
Dated medical term for pulmonary tuberculosis, originally from traditional Chinese medicine. In modern Japanese, 肺結核 is the standard term.
労咳は昔、不治の病と恐れられた。
In the past, pulmonary tuberculosis was feared as an incurable disease.
この小説の主人公は労咳を患っている。
The protagonist of this novel suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis.