結核 (Kekkaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “tuberculosis, TB, concretion”.
Meanings
- nountuberculosis; TB
- nounconcretion
Examples
何年か前には、結核にかかっていると知らされることは死の宣告を聞くのに等しかった。
Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
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