干眼症

Traditional form:

乾眼症

Pinyin (reading):

gānyǎnzhèng

Definitions:

• dry eye
• xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
• 症 - ailment, disease, illness

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 眼 - eyelet, hole, opening
• 症 - ailment, disease, illness