病程

bìngchéng

noun #67,681

Meanings

1 course of an illness
2 disease course
3 duration of disease

Characters

illness, disease

course, process

Examples

这种病的病程大约两周。

Zhè zhǒng bìng de bìngchéng dàyuē liǎng zhōu.

The course of this illness is about two weeks.

医生详细记录了患者的病程。

Yīshēng xiángxì jìlù le huànzhě de bìngchéng.

The doctor recorded the patient's disease course in detail.

Tips

memory

程 means 'journey / process' (as in 过程 process, 旅程 trip). So 病程 = 'the illness's journey' — from onset through progression to recovery.

Stroke Order

病 bìng

程 chéng