持病 (じびょう) — chronic disease

持病 is read じびょう and listed as a noun. Meaning: chronic disease; chronic illness; old complaint.

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Related words

Other words in the dictionary that share a kanji with 持病.

  • 維持 いじ maintenance
  • 堅持 けんじ adhering to (a view, policy, etc.)
  • 支持 しじ support
  • 持つ もつ to hold (in one's hand)
  • 持久 じきゅう endurance
  • 持参 じさん bringing
  • 持続 じぞく continuation
  • 臆病 おくびょう cowardly
  • 看病 かんびょう nursing (a patient)
  • 奇病 きびょう strange disease
  • 急病 きゅうびょう sudden illness
  • 疾病 しっぺい illness