药物 yàowù medicaments
medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug
How to remember 药物: 药 medicine + 物 thing = medicaments.
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How it is used
- Medication as a pharmacological substance - 药物治疗 (yàowù zhìliáo) drug therapy, 药物过敏 (yàowù guòmǐn) drug allergy.
- More clinical/technical than 药品 (the product) or plain 药 (the medicine you take); pairs with 治疗, 依赖, 副作用.
- Used in medical and scientific contexts.
Example sentences
- 药物的作用还不确定。 Yàowù de zuòyòng hái bú quèdìng.Whether the medicine will work or not is uncertain.
- 将你需要的药物写在这张纸上。 Jiāng nǐ xūyào de yàowù xiě zài zhè zhāngzhǐ shàng.Write down the medicine you need on this piece of paper.
- 没有药物能够治疗这种疾病。 Méiyǒu yàowù nénggòu zhìliáo zhèzhǒng jíbìng.No medicine can cure this disease.