The Chinese word "医务" (yīwù) is a compound term formed by combining two meaningful characters: "医" (yī), which means "medicine" or "medical", and "务" (wù), which means "affairs", "tasks", or "duties". Together, they create a noun that conceptually fuses these elements to mean "medical affairs" or "medical duties". It functions as an attributive noun, typically used to modify other nouns (e.g., 医务人员, yīwù rényuán, meaning "medical staff"), and exemplifies a common Chinese word-formation process where two independent, semantically related morphemes are joined to produce a new, more specific concept within a professional or administrative context.