脚かっ気け

noun

beriberi; thiamine deficiency

Medical term for a disease caused by severe vitamin B1 deficiency, historically common in East Asia.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、白はく米まいを主しゅ食しょくとする人ひと々びとに脚かっ気けが多た発はつした。

  In the Edo period, beriberi was common among people whose staple food was white rice.

• 脚かっ気けはビタミンB1の不ふ足そくによって起おこる。

  Beriberi is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1.