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Finnish
Etymology
silmän (“of the eye”) + paine (“pressure”) + tauti (“disease”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsilmænˌpɑi̯neˣˌtɑu̯ti/,
- Rhymes: -ɑuti
- Hyphenation(key): silmän‧paine‧tauti
Noun
silmänpainetauti
- high-pressure glaucoma (glaucoma caused by elevated internal pressure of the eye)
- (colloquial) Synonym of glaukooma (“glaucoma”).
Declension
References
- Article "Silmänpainetaiti (glaukooma)" in Terveyskirjasto (in Finnish)
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