角膜炎 (jiǎo mó yán) — keratitis (inflammation of the cornea) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)

Examples

，角膜炎。
Tā yīn wèi yǎn jing fā hóng qù kàn le yī shēng, jié guǒ bèi zhěn duàn chū dé le jiǎo mó yán.
He went to the doctor because his eyes were red, and was diagnosed with keratitis.
角膜炎。
Dài yǐn xíng yǎn jìng bú wèi shēng hěn róng yì yǐn qǐ jiǎo mó yán.
Wearing contact lenses unhygienically can easily cause keratitis.
角膜炎，。
jiǎo mó yán Rú guǒ bù jí shí zhì liáo, kě néng huì yǐng xiǎng shì lì.
If keratitis is not treated in time, it may affect vision.

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.

角膜cornea

角jiǎohorn膜mómembrane

偏正Modifier + head

炎yáninflammation

角 and 膜 form 角膜, the cornea; 炎 marks inflammation of that membrane.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 角 is a picture of a horn.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

⺼Written in full as肉ròu

Sound part声符shēngfú

莫

莫mò膜mó

Same sound today

膜 combines ⺼ (written in full as 肉) with 莫, which gives the character its sound.

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

火火炎

火火huǒfire
火火huǒfire

炎 places two 火 (fire) shapes vertically, one above the other, to show fire doubled.

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