疾患

jíhuàn

noun #37,990

Meanings

1 disease
2 illness
3 ailment

Characters

affliction, to suffer

Examples

他有多种慢性疾患。

Tā yǒu duō zhǒng mànxìng jíhuàn.

He suffers from multiple chronic illnesses.

这种药可以缓解关节疾患。

Zhè zhǒng yào kěyǐ huǎnjiě guānjié jíhuàn.

This medicine can relieve joint ailments.

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疾患 is literary/formal; in medical papers and news it sounds authoritative. Everyday speech prefers 疾病 or plain 病. Note that both characters already mean illness — 疾 emphasizes 'ailment', 患 'affliction'.

Stroke Order

疾 jí

患 huàn