炎症 yánzhèng inflammation
How to remember 炎症: 炎 inflammation + 症 ailment = inflammation.
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- Inflammation (medical) - 引起炎症 (yǐnqǐ yánzhèng) cause inflammation, 消除炎症 (xiāochú yánzhèng) reduce inflammation.
- The clinical noun for an inflamed condition; 炎 (inflammation) + 症 (symptom/ailment).
- Contrast 发炎 (fāyán, to become inflamed, the verb/process); 炎症 is the resulting condition.