病びょう魔ま

noun

demon of ill health; disease

Personifies illness as a malevolent force or demon. Often used in figurative or dramatic contexts, such as 病魔に襲われる (to be attacked by disease).

• 彼かれは長ながい間あいだ、病びょう魔まと闘たたかってきた。

  He has been fighting the demon of illness for a long time.

• 病びょう魔まが彼かれの体からだをむしばんでいった。

  The disease gradually ate away at his body.