药理

藥理

yàolǐ

noun #33,661

Meanings

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

Characters

principle; reason

Examples

HSK 4

这种药的药理作用还在研究中。

Zhèzhǒng yào de yàolǐ zuòyòng hái zài yánjiū zhōng.

The pharmacological effect of this drug is still under study.

HSK 6

她在医学院教药理学。

Tā zài yīxuéyuàn jiāo yàolǐxué.

She teaches pharmacology at the medical school.

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 学 makes it the field.

Stroke Order

药 yào

理 lǐ