難病
Meanings
1
intractable disease; serious illness
Refers to a disease that is difficult to cure or treat, often used in medical, legal, and social welfare contexts. In Japan, it frequently appears in the term 難病指定 (designated intractable disease).
He has been battling an intractable disease for many years.
A cure for the intractable disease has not yet been established.
Usage patterns
- 〈難病〉を患うto suffer from an intractable disease
He has suffered from an intractable disease since he was a young child.
- 〈難病〉と闘うto fight against an intractable disease
She kept attending university while fighting her intractable disease.
- 〈難病〉を克服するto overcome an intractable disease
More patients are overcoming intractable diseases thanks to new treatments.
- 〈難病〉指定を受けるto receive official designation as an intractable disease
This disease received official designation as an intractable disease last year.