乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
眼 yǎn eye; eyelet, hole, opening
症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment