発はっ酵こう病びょう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

zymotic disease

Historical medical term for infectious diseases once thought to be caused by fermentation-like processes; now largely replaced by modern terms like 感染症.

• 19世せい紀きには、コレラは発はっ酵こう病びょうの一いっ種しゅと考かんがえられていた。

  In the 19th century, cholera was considered a type of zymotic disease.