胸むねを病やむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

suffer from lung disease; become consumptive

Literary or old-fashioned expression for contracting a lung disease, especially tuberculosis. In modern Japanese, 肺を病む or specific medical terms are more common.

• 彼かれは若わかくして胸むねを病やみ、療りょう養よう所じょに入はいった。

  He suffered from a lung disease at a young age and entered a sanatorium.