Chinese word

消炎药

Pronunciation

Pinyinxiāo yán yào

Meaning

  • nounanti-inflammatory medicine

Example

我去药店买消炎药。wǒ qù yào diàn mǎi xiāo yán yào

I am going to the pharmacy to buy anti-inflammatory medicine.

Illustration for 消炎药 (anti-inflammatory medicine)

More examples

医生建议不要长期吃消炎药。yī shēng jiàn yì bú yào cháng qī chī xiāo yán yào

The doctor recommended not taking anti-inflammatory medicine for a long time.

Core concept

A treatment aimed at the heat, swelling, redness, and pain produced by inflammation.

Common phrases

  • 吃消炎药chī xiāo yán yào

    take anti-inflammatory medicine

  • 买消炎药mǎi xiāo yán yào

    buy anti-inflammatory medicine

  • 外用消炎药wài yòng xiāo yán yào

    topical anti-inflammatory medicine

Similar words

抗炎药kàng yán yào: Medicine that reduces inflammation and swelling in the body.
抗生素kàng shēng sù: Medicine that fights bacterial infections by stopping bacterial growth.
镇痛药zhèn tòng yào: Medicine that makes pain less severe.
消炎止痛药xiāo yán zhǐ tòng yào: Medicine that both reduces inflammation and makes pain less severe.

Definition in Chinese

用于减轻或消除机体或局部组织炎症反应的药物，能缓解因炎症引起的红、肿、热、痛等症状，常见剂型有口服、外用和注射剂。yòng yú jiǎn qīng huò xiāo chú jī tǐ huò jú bù zǔ zhī yán zhèng fǎn yìng de yào wù néng huán jiě yīn yán zhèng yín qǐ de hóng zhǒng rè tòng děng zhèng zhuàng cháng jiàn jì xíng yǒu kǒu fú wài yòng hé zhù shè jì

Word origin

消 (xiāo, "remove") + 炎 (yán, "inflammation") + 药 (yào, "medicine") forms a transparent name for medicine used to reduce inflammation.

Usage tips

  • In a pharmacy, the word names the medicine's purpose, not a fixed ingredient or route, so the package identifies whether it is oral, topical, or injectable.

Related words

  • 消炎剂xiāo yán jìanti-inflammatory agentnoun
  • 消炎药片xiāo yán yào piànanti-inflammatory tabletnoun

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