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脓液

膿液
nóngyè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pus

Examples

伤口里有脓液，需要清理。
Shāngkǒu lǐ yǒu nóngyè, xūyào qīnglǐ.
There's pus in the wound — it needs to be cleaned out.
医生取了一些脓液送去化验。
Yīshēng qǔ le yīxiē nóngyè sòng qù huàyàn.
The doctor took some pus to send for testing.

Tips

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Medical/clinical term. In casual speech 脓 alone (or 化脓 'to fester') is more common; 脓液 specifically denotes the fluid as a substance, suitable for medical writing.

Stroke Order

脓 nóng
液 yè