tuberculosis (in Chinese medicine)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
tuberculosis; consumptive disease (in traditional Chinese medicine)
formalA traditional Chinese medical term for tuberculosis or any chronic wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis, characterized by symptoms like coughing, low fever, and emaciation.
Zài在
guò过
qù去
，
láo痨
bìnɡ病
shì是
yī一
zhǒnɡ种
hěn很
nán难
zhì治
yù愈
de的
jí疾
bìnɡ病
。
In the past, tuberculosis was a very difficult disease to cure.
Zhè这
wèi位
lǎo老
zhōnɡ中
yī医
shàn擅
chánɡ长
zhì治
liáo疗
fèi肺
láo痨
bìnɡ病
。
This experienced TCM doctor is skilled in treating pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Xiǎo小
shuō说
lǐ里
de的
jué角
sè色
yīn因
wèi为
dé得
le了
láo痨
bìnɡ病
ér而
shēn身
tǐ体
xū虚
ruò弱
。
The character in the novel became physically weak because he contracted tuberculosis.