Translation guide
A serious infectious disease affecting the lungs. In Japanese, the most common term is 結核 (けっかく). Older or literary terms like 労咳 (ろうがい) exist but are rarely used in modern conversation.
Referring to the disease tuberculosis in a medical or general context.
Standard modern term for tuberculosis. Used in medical and everyday contexts.
彼は結核と診断された。
He was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
結核の予防にはワクチンが有効です。
Vaccines are effective for preventing tuberculosis.
Archaic/literary term for tuberculosis, often associated with historical or dramatic contexts. Not used in modern medicine.
Specifically pulmonary tuberculosis (TB of the lungs). Used when distinguishing from other forms.
肺結核は空気感染します。
Pulmonary tuberculosis is airborne.
The protagonist of that novel died of consumption.