旧きゅう痾あ

Meanings

Medical term for a long-standing or recurrent disease. Rare in everyday language; more commonly expressed as 持病 or 慢性疾患 in modern Japanese.

旧きゅう痾あが再さい発はつし、再ふたたび入にゅう院いんすることになった。
His chronic illness recurred, and he had to be hospitalized again.

Kanji

旧old times, old things, old friend
痾chronic illness
久long time, old story

Related words

持じ病びょう
Common word for a chronic disease one has had for a long time. 旧痾 is a rarer, more formal medical term.
慢まん性せい疾しっ患かん
Standard modern medical term for 'chronic disease'. 旧痾 is an older, literary equivalent.

Written forms

旧きゅう痾あ
Kanji form using 旧 (old) and 痾 (chronic illness). Rare and literary; primarily found in medical or historical contexts.
久きゅう痾あ
Variant kanji form using 久 (long time) instead of 旧. Even less common than 旧痾.

Etymology

Composed of 旧 (old, former) or 久 (long time) and 痾 (chronic illness). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a persistent disease.