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Compound of viher-(“green”) + kaihi(“cataract”); calque from Germanic languages, compare Swedish grönstarr(“glaucoma”), German grüner Star(“glaucoma”), Dutch groene staar(“glaucoma”)
“viherkaihi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04