病びょう閹えん

noun

long illness that will not heal; chronic lingering illness

Rare term for a prolonged, intractable illness. Not commonly used in modern Japanese; more typical expressions include 長患い or 慢性病.

• 病びょう閹えんという言こと葉ばは、古ふるい文ぶん献けんで見みかけることがある。

  The word 病閹 can be found in old texts.