亢进 (kàng jìn) — (medical) hyperfunction

Definition

A medical term meaning an organ or gland is working too hard (e.g. 甲状腺功能亢进 = hyperthyroidism). Almost always appears as a suffix after 功能 or 分泌, rarely used alone.

noun
(medical) hyperfunction

Examples

  • 亢进。
    Yī shēng zhěn duàn tā huàn yǒu shèn shàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn.
    The doctor diagnosed him with adrenal hyperfunction.
  • 亢进。
    Zhè zhǒng yào kě yǐ zhì liáo wèi suān fēn mì kàng jìn.
    This medicine can treat gastric acid hyperfunction.
  • 亢进。
    Cháng qī de jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn huì yǐng xiǎng xīn zàng jiàn kāng.
    Long-term thyroid hyperfunction can affect heart health.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

亢kàngexcessive
进jìnincrease

亢 excessive and 进 increase combine for a medical sense of overactive function.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 進; 进 is its simplified writing.

  • 辵辵chuòwalk
  • 隹隹zhuīshort-tail bird

The traditional form 進 pairs 辵 (walk) with 隹 (short-tail bird): the picture showed moving forward because a bird can only walk forward, not backward. The simplified 进 is a later shorthand.

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