宿しゅく痾あ

noun

chronic disease; chronic illness

Formal or literary term for a long-standing illness, often with a nuance of deep-rooted suffering.

• 彼かれは宿しゅく痾あに長なが年ねん苦くるしめられてきた。

  He has been tormented by a chronic illness for many years.

• 宿しゅく痾あを抱かかえながらも、彼かの女じょは精せい力りょく的てきに活かつ動どうを続つづけた。

  Despite suffering from a chronic disease, she continued her activities energetically.