牛目 (niúmù): "ox eye" — literal compound used in anatomical, medical (ophthalmology), and classical-literary contexts

Meanings

1 "ox eye" — literal compound used in anatomical, medical (ophthalmology), and classical-literary contexts
2 (TCM) an older name for enlarged-eyeball conditions such as congenital glaucoma (牛眼 / buphthalmos)

Characters

牛

Examples

那人瞪着一双牛目，一言不发。

Nà rén dèngzhe yī shuāng niúmù, yī yán bù fā.

The man stared with a pair of ox-like eyes and said nothing.

古代医书把先天性青光眼称作"牛目"。

Gǔdài yīshū bǎ xiāntiānxìng qīngguāngyǎn chēngzuò "niúmù".

Classical medical texts called congenital glaucoma "ox eye."

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usage

Not in CC-CEDICT or Xinhua as a single lexical entry. 牛目 is a compositional compound: literary writers use it for "bovine/wide eyes"; classical medicine uses it for the enlarged-eyeball appearance of congenital glaucoma (modern term: 先天性青光眼, or the calque 牛眼).