藥 — meaning in English
yào
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English meaning
- medication noun A drug or medicine used to treat an illness.
- medicine noun A substance taken to treat or prevent illness.
Senses
藥 is used for these senses in English:
- medication A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
- medicine (uncountable, countable) A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way; a pharmaceutical drug.
medicine — full definition
- noun A substance taken to treat or prevent illness.
- noun The science and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease.
- noun Among some Indigenous cultures, ritual or spiritual practices believed to influence healing or fortune.