胸むねを患わずらう

expression, godan verb (-u)

suffer from lung disease; have lung trouble

A somewhat old-fashioned or literary expression for having a chronic lung condition, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. In modern Japanese, more specific medical terms are usually preferred.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころに胸むねを患わずらって、長ながく療りょう養よう所じょにいたそうだ。

  I heard that he suffered from lung disease when he was young and spent a long time in a sanatorium.

• 胸むねを患わずらう者ものは、この村むらでは昔むかし多おおかった。

  In the old days, there were many people in this village who had lung trouble.