斑疹 (bān zhěn) — macula, flat discolored spot on the skin (medical)

Definition

A medical term for a flat, discolored spot or rash on the skin (e.g. 丘疹 is a raised bump; 斑疹 is flat). 斑 refers to the spot itself; 疹 covers rashes in general.

noun
macula, flat discolored spot on the skin (medical)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 斑疹。
    Yī shēng zǐ xì jiǎn chá le bìng rén shēn shàng de bān zhěn.
    The doctor carefully examined the macules on the patient's body.
  • 斑疹，。
    Zhè zhǒng bān zhěn tōng cháng bú tòng bù yǎng, dàn xū yào jìn yí bù zhěn duàn.
    This kind of macule is usually painless and not itchy, but needs further diagnosis.
  • 斑疹。
    Fā shāo hòu chū xiàn de bān zhěn kě néng shì mǒu zhǒng gǎn rǎn de biǎo xiàn.
    Macules appearing after a fever may be a sign of some infection.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

斑bānspot
疹zhěnrash

斑 and 疹 both refer to skin lesions or spots, so together they name a macula.

Characters in this word

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
文文wénpattern
Sound part声符shēngfú
班
班bān斑bān
Same sound today

斑 uses 文 to show a pattern and 班 to give its sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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