药理

藥理
yàolǐ
noun #33,661

Meanings

  1. 1 pharmacology
  2. 2 the principles of how drugs act in the body

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zài yīxuéyuàn jiāo yàolǐxué.
She teaches pharmacology at the medical school.
HSK 4
Zhèzhǒng yào de yàolǐ zuòyòng hái zài yánjiū zhōng.
The pharmacological effect of this drug is still under study.

Tips

usage
Most often appears in compounds: 药理学 (pharmacology, the academic discipline), 药理作用 (pharmacological effect / mechanism of action), 药理实验 (pharmacological experiment). 药理 alone is the abstract "how the drug works" - adding makes it the field.

Stroke Order

yào