脑炎

腦炎
nǎoyán
noun #22,716

Meanings

  1. 1 encephalitis
  2. 2 inflammation of the brain

Examples

Tā yīn huàn bìngdúxìng nǎoyán zhù jìn le yīyuàn.
He was hospitalised due to viral encephalitis.
Rìběn nǎoyán shì yī zhǒng yóu wénzi chuánbō de jíbìng.
Japanese encephalitis is a disease spread by mosquitoes.

Tips

memory
means 'brain' and means 'inflammation' (literally 'fire upon fire' — two flames stacked). The same suffix appears in 肺炎 (pneumonia), 肝炎 (hepatitis), and (gastritis).

Stroke Order

nǎo
yán