瘴しょう癘れい

noun

tropical disease; miasmatic illness

Historical or literary term for diseases believed to arise from miasma in tropical regions, such as malaria. Rare in modern usage; mainly encountered in older texts or historical contexts.

• 瘴しょう癘れいの地ちとして恐おそれられた南なん方ぽうの島しま々じま。

  The southern islands were feared as lands of miasmatic disease.