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yán

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Definitions

  1. 1. flame
  2. 2. inflammation
  3. 3. -itis

Words Containing 炎

结肠炎
jié cháng yán

colitis (medicine)

霉浆菌肺炎
méi jiāng jūn fèi yán

mycoplasma pneumonia

腱鞘炎
jiàn qiào yán

tenosynovitis (medicine)

前列腺炎
qián liè xiàn yán

prostatitis

腱炎
jiàn yán

tendonitis

腮腺炎
sāi xiàn yán

mumps

非典型肺炎
fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán

atypical pneumonia

炎炎
yán yán

scorching

日本脑炎
rì běn nǎo yán

Japanese encephalitis

骨关节炎
gǔ guān jié yán

osteoarthritis

龈炎
yín yán

gingivitis

炎帝陵
yán dì líng

Fiery Emperor's tomb in Yanling county, Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan

急性肠炎
jí xìng cháng yán

acute enteritis

己型肝炎
jǐ xíng gān yán

hepatitis F

大叶性肺炎
dà yè xìng fèi yán

lobar pneumonia

乳腺炎
rǔ xiàn yán

mastitis

肺炎霉浆菌
fèi yán méi jiāng jūn

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

阴道炎
yīn dào yán

vaginal infection

消炎
xiāo yán

to reduce fever

巨细胞病毒视网膜炎
jù xì bāo bìng dú shì wǎng mó yán

cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV retinitis), a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness

鼻窦炎
bí dòu yán

sinusitis

甲型肝炎
jiǎ xíng gān yán

hepatitis A

牙龈炎
yá yín yán

gingivitis

拇囊炎
mǔ náng yán

bunion; hallux valgus

喉炎
hóu yán

laryngitis

消炎药
xiāo yán yào

anti-inflammatory medicine

肩周炎
jiān zhōu yán

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

脑膜炎
nǎo mó yán

meningitis

脊髓炎
jǐ suǐ yán

myelitis

趋炎附势
qū yán fù shì

to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power

肾炎
shèn yán

kidney inflammation

肺炎双球菌
fèi yán shuāng qiú jūn

Diplococcus pneumoniae

病毒性肝炎
bìng dú xìng gān yán

viral hepatitis

消炎片
xiāo yán piàn

antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide

阳炎
yáng yán

dazzling sunlight

强直性脊柱炎
qiáng zhí xìng jǐ zhù yán

ankylosing spondylitis

阑尾炎
lán wěi yán

appendicitis (medicine)

东方马脑炎病毒
dōng fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus

鼻炎
bí yán

rhinitis

盲肠炎
máng cháng yán

appendicitis

憩室炎
qì shì yán

diverticulitis

皮炎
pí yán

dermatitis

治疗炎症
zhì liáo yán zhèng

anti-inflammatory (medicine)

急性阑尾炎
jí xìng lán wěi yán

acute appendicitis (medicine)

关节炎
guān jié yán

arthritis

细支气管炎
xì zhī qì guǎn yán

bronchiolitis

肾盂炎
shèn yú yán

pyelitis (medicine)

胸膜炎
xiōng mó yán

pleurisy

章太炎
zhāng tài yán

Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution

角膜炎
jiǎo mó yán

keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)

睑腺炎
jiǎn xiàn yán

sty (eyelid swelling)

肺炎
fèi yán

pneumonia

扁桃体炎
biǎn táo tǐ yán

tonsillitis

咽峡炎
yān xiá yán

angina

心肌炎
xīn jī yán

myocarditis

炎症
yán zhèng

inflammation

肠胃炎
cháng wèi yán

gastroenteritis

胃炎
wèi yán

gastritis

乙型脑炎
yǐ xíng nǎo yán

epidemic encephalitis B, aka Japanese encephalitis

火炎焱燚
huǒ yán yàn yì

hot (i.e. popular) (emphatic form of 火[huǒ]) (neologism c. 2016)

肺炎克雷伯氏菌
fèi yán kè léi bó shì jūn

Klebsiella pnenmoniae

脊髓灰质炎
jǐ suǐ huī zhì yán

poliomyelitis

炎帝
yán dì

Flame Emperors (c. 2000 BC), legendary dynasty descended from Shennong 神農|神农[shén nóng] Farmer God

戊型肝炎
wù xíng gān yán

hepatitis E

顾炎武
gù yán wǔ

Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录

炎黄子孙
yán huáng zǐ sūn

descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)

炎夏
yán xià

hot summer

世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng

the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)

乙型肝炎
yǐ xíng gān yán

hepatitis B

炎亚纶
yán yà lún

Aaron Yan (1986-), Taiwanese singer

气管炎
qì guǎn yán

bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus)

支原体肺炎
zhī yuán tǐ fèi yán

Mycoplasma pneumonia

胰腺炎
yí xiàn yán

pancreatitis

炎陵
yán líng

Yanling County in Zhuzhou 株洲[zhū zhōu], Hunan

结膜炎
jié mó yán

conjunctivitis

炎陵县
yán líng xiàn

Yanling County in Zhuzhou 株洲[zhū zhōu], Hunan

炎性
yán xìng

inflammatory (medicine)

陈庆炎
chén qìng yán

Tony Tan (1940-), president of Singapore 2011-2017

委内瑞拉马脑炎病毒
wěi nèi ruì lā mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus

西方马脑炎病毒
xī fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú

western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus

发炎
fā yán

to become inflamed

司马炎
sī mǎ yán

Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晉|晋[jìn] after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝|晋武帝[jìn wǔ dì]

膜炎
mó yán

inflammation of membrane

牙周炎
yá zhōu yán

periodontitis (gum disorder)

炎热
yán rè

blistering hot

抗炎性
kàng yán xìng

anti-inflammatory (medicine)

炎性反应
yán xìng fǎn yìng

inflammation response

足底筋膜炎
zú dǐ jīn mó yán

plantar fasciitis (medicine)

齿龈炎
chǐ yín yán

gingivitis

胰脏炎
yí zàng yán

pancreatitis

新冠肺炎
xīn guān fèi yán

COVID-19, the coronavirus disease identified in 2019

会厌炎
huì yàn yán

epiglottitis

黄炎贵胄
huáng yán guì zhòu

honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)

肠炎
cháng yán

enteritis

脑炎
nǎo yán

encephalitis

风湿关节炎
fēng shī guān jié yán

rheumatoid arthritis

肝炎
gān yán

hepatitis

扁桃腺炎
biǎn táo xiàn yán

tonsillitis

咽炎
yān yán

pharyngitis

口腔炎
kǒu qiāng yán

stomatitis

风湿性关节炎
fēng shī xìng guān jié yán

rheumatoid arthritis

膀胱炎
páng guāng yán

cystitis

中耳炎
zhōng ěr yán

inflammation of middle ear

甲沟炎
jiǎ gōu yán

paronychia (medicine)

森林脑炎
sēn lín nǎo yán

forest encephalitis

支气管炎
zhī qì guǎn yán

bronchitis

丙型肝炎
bǐng xíng gān yán

hepatitis C

丁型肝炎
dīng xíng gān yán

hepatitis D