silmänpainetauti
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]silmän (“of the eye”) + paine (“pressure”) + tauti (“disease”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsilmænˌpɑi̯neˣˌtɑu̯ti/, [ˈs̠ilmæmˌpɑ̝i̯ne̞t̪̚ˌt̪ɑ̝u̯t̪i]
- Rhymes: -ɑuti
- Syllabification(key): sil‧män‧pai‧ne‧tau‧ti
Noun
[edit]silmänpainetauti
- high-pressure glaucoma (glaucoma caused by elevated internal pressure of the eye)
- (colloquial) Synonym of glaukooma (“glaucoma”).
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- Article "Silmänpainetaiti (glaukooma)" in Terveyskirjasto (in Finnish)[1]
Further reading
[edit]- “silmänpainetauti”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03