病やまいに冒おかされる

expression, ichidan verb

be attacked by a disease; be afflicted with a disease

A literary or formal expression meaning to be struck down or seriously affected by an illness. Often used in written descriptions of someone's health condition.

• 彼かれは重おもい病やまいに冒おかされ、長ながく床とこに伏ふしている。

  He has been attacked by a serious illness and has been bedridden for a long time.

• その作さっ家かは不ふ治じの病やまいに冒おかされながらも創そう作さくを続つづけた。

  The writer continued to create even while afflicted with an incurable disease.