ルンゲrunge

1. nounlung
2. nounpulmonary tuberculosis; consumption

• Related肺結核はいけっかくNeutralThe formal disease name for pulmonary tuberculosis, as in 「肺結核で入院」; 「ルンゲ」 is just old slang once used among doctors.
• Related結核けっかくNeutralThe most common everyday word for tuberculosis, as in 「結核検査」; it also covers TB outside the lungs, while 「ルンゲ」 is only outdated slang.
• RelatedＴＢテー・ベーNeutralAn abbreviation (from German Tuberkulose) for tuberculosis; still used today with a medical-jargon flavor, unlike 「ルンゲ」, German for 'lung', once doctors' slang for TB.

Nowadays say 「結核」 (the everyday term, also for TB outside the lungs) or 「肺結核」 (the formal disease name); 「ＴＢ」 is also used. 「ルンゲ」 is German for 'lung', once doctors' slang.

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1. 肺はい。