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药
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Definitions
- 1. medicine
- 2. drug
- 3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
- 4. to poison
Example Sentences
1 shown我吃了 药 。
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Words Containing 药
lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable
atropinemimetic drug
orphan drug
legendary magic potion of immortals
State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)
antidepressant
medical swab
drug resistance
ammunition
(coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
antibacterial
a (medicine) pill or tablet
see 無可救藥|无可救药[wú kě jiù yào]
elixir of life
addict
medicinal cuisine
pharmacopoeia
smell of gunpowder
medicinal ingredient
ammunition dump
Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province
antacid
medicine bottle
seasonal medication
medicine
magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
antidepressant
effective medicine for a specific condition
anti-inflammatory medicine
medicinal herb seedling
anther (pollen sack on stamen)
poison
pharmacist
Western medicine
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
chemist
knockout drops
antivirals
cross-tolerance
pharmaceutical company
patent drugs
US Food and Drug Administration authority (FDA)
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
pharmacy
to take medicine
brewer's yeast
narcotic
generic drug; generic medicine
herbal medicine
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
medicinal effect
antihypertensive drug
to administer medicine
medicaments
eye drops
agricultural chemical
druggist
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
eye drops
medical swab
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine
good medicine
psychotropic drugs
pharmacology
insecticide
to prescribe medicine
\drugs serving to nourish doctors\, perceived problem in PRC medical practice
pharmacy
medicinal herb
generic drug; generic medicine
biological ammunition
anesthetic; narcotic
unprocessed medicinal herb
people who participate in clinical trials
anesthetic
rat poison
sedative drug
local anesthetic
(dialect) potato
separating medical consultation from dispensing drugs, proposed policy to counteract perceived PRC problem of \drugs serving to nourish doctors\ 以藥養醫|以药养医[yǐ yào yǎng yī]
(China) Food and Drug Administration
good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
liniment
over-the-counter drug
Dioscorea polystachya
pill
to take (illegal) drugs
(fig.) to regret (doing sth)
pharmacokinetics
to make up a prescription (of herbal medicine)
traditional Chinese medicine
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
rat poison
mothicide
anesthetic; narcotic
medicaments
illegal medicines
painkiller
pharmacologist
(slang) to take drugs
Chinese traditional medicine
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
plastic explosive
sleeping pill
spatula
State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA)
analgesic
myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
prescription drug
pharmaceutical company
ointment
medicine made from a single herb
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
antidote
chemical ammunition
medicinal use
sterilized cotton (used for medical swabs)
quack medicine
drug-resistance (of a pathogen)
medicinal dietary supplement that helps build up one's health
effective cure, miracle medicine (idiom); fig. wonder-cure for all problems
strong smell of gunpowder
ammunition depot
medicinal value
medicine to dispel phlegm (TCM)
legendary magic potion of immortals
medical care and medicines
gunpowder
antidote
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)
pharmacy
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
pharmacokinetics
veterinary medicines
without agricultural chemicals
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
dregs of a decoction
pharmacology
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
oral contraceptive
Japanese flag (derog.)
panacea
pharmacology
drugstore
a change in form but not in substance
antihistamine
to decoct medicinal herbs
medical abortion
explosive (material)
high explosive
mercurochrome (antiseptic solution)
hallucinogen
to apply eye drops
rat poison
medicinal effect
soporific drug
druggist
eight-jewel eye ointment (TCM)
sedative
overdose of drugs
marsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
drugs test (e.g. on athletes)
incurable
fake drugs
to manufacture medicine
to prescribe medicine
pharmacy
prescription
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
Healing sutra
pharmaceutical industry
pharmacokinetics
herbal plaster applied to a wound
atomic demolition munition
tisane
biopharmaceutical
tonic
every medicine has its side effect
aphrodisiac
antipyretic (drug to reduce fever, such as sulfanilamide)
laxative
to take medicine
the benefits of medicine are not as great as those of good nutrition
Chinese herbal medicine
patent medicine
to dispense (drugs)
lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
Chinese herbal medicine
pot for decocting herbal medicine
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
(lit.) to have swallowed gunpowder
state food and drug administration (SDA)
to use in medicine
medical science
medication
drug resistance (medicine)
trinitrotoluene (TNT), C6H2(NO2)3CH3
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
Chinese traditional medicine