- びょうま
- 病魔
demon of ill health
disease* * *びょうま【病魔】the demon of ill health; the curse of a disease; (a) disease.●彼には病魔が忍び寄っていた. Disease was creeping up on him. | A serious disease was threatening him [threatened to strike him].
●病魔に襲われる[冒される] be seized with (an) illness; be attacked by (a) disease [ill health]
・病魔に勝つ overcome (a) disease; recover 《from…》.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.