cườm nước
Glaucoma in Vietnamese is said as cườm nước.
The term refers to the eye disease known as glaucoma. You can use cườm nước to describe the condition generally, or bệnh cườm nước to be more medically precise by specifically naming it as a disease.
Meaning: eye disease (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The term cườm nước is composed of cườm, meaning cloudy or opaque and nước, meaning water, literally translating to cloudy water.
Which one should you use?
In Vietnamese, cườm nước is often distinguished from đục thủy tinh thể (cataracts) by the inclusion of the word nước (water/fluid) in its name.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase more formal and medically precise, you can add the word bệnh (disease) before cườm nước to form bệnh cườm nước.
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Examples in context
- Xin chào, tôi muốn hỏi về bệnh tăng nhãn áp.Hello, I want to ask about glaucoma.
- Có một số triệu chứng như đau mắt, thị lực suy giảm và khó nhìn ban đêm.There are some symptoms such as eye pain, decreased vision, and difficulty seeing at night.
- Ông ấy bị cườm nước.He has glaucoma.
- Bệnh cườm nước rất nguy hiểm cho thị lực.Glaucoma is very dangerous for vision.
- Bạn cần kiểm tra xem có bị cườm nước không.You need to check if you have glaucoma.
Example conversation
Minh and Mai are talking about their grandfather's health.
- MinhÔng nội bị cườm nước rồi.Grandfather has glaucoma.
- MaiÔng có đi khám bác sĩ không?Did he go to see a doctor?
- MinhCó, bác sĩ đang theo dõi cho ông.Yes, the doctor is monitoring him.
- MaiHy vọng bệnh của ông sẽ ổn.I hope his condition will be okay.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “glaucoma” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries nước, CC BY-SA 4.0.
