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癆
láo
(名)
【本义】: 積勞瘦削
(Original meaning: emaciation due to overstrain)
【造字法】: 形聲。從疒( chuáng),表示與疾病有關,勞聲。
(Character formation: phono-semantic compound. The "sick bed" radical indicates a relation to disease, and the phonetic component is "劳".)
【释义】:
1. 勞損病
[En.] internal injury caused by overstrain
【引】: 《正字通》:疲,今人以積勞瘦削爲癆病。
(Reference: "Zhengzi Tong": Fatigue, today people regard emaciation due to overstrain as "癆病".)
【例】: 又如: 癆怯(虛勞); 癆傷(猶勞傷)
(Example: Additionally, "癆怯" (weakness due to fatigue); "癆傷" (similar to injury from overstrain).)
2. 結核病的俗稱。多指肺結核
[En.] tuberculosis
【例】: 如: 癆瘵(肺結核病。俗稱「肺癆」); 癆嗽(患癆病而咳嗽); 癆蟲(舊時稱專染肺病的微生物爲癆蟲)
(Example: For instance, "癆瘵" (tuberculosis; commonly known as 'lung 癆'); "癆嗽" (coughing due to 癆); "癆蟲" (formerly referred to microorganisms causing lung disease as 癆虫).)