消渇しょうかち

noun

diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine)

A term from traditional Chinese medicine, corresponding to diabetes mellitus. Not used in modern Western medical contexts.

See also: 糖尿病

• 漢かん方ぽうでは、消渇しょうかちは糖とう尿にょう病びょうに相そう当とうする病びょう名めいとして扱あつかわれる。

  In Kampo medicine, 消渇 is treated as a disease name corresponding to diabetes.

noun

gonorrhea (in women, obsolete)

Obsolete term for gonorrhea in women, formerly used in traditional medical contexts. Replaced by modern terms such as 淋病.

See also: 淋病

• 古ふるい医い学がく書しょでは、女じょ性せいの淋りん病びょうを消渇しょうかちと記しるすことがあった。

  In old medical texts, gonorrhea in women was sometimes written as 消渇.