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鼻炎

bíyán
noun #55,841

Meanings

  1. 1 rhinitis
  2. 2 inflammation of the nasal passages

Examples

每到春天我的鼻炎就发作。
Měi dào chūntiān wǒ de bíyán jiù fāzuò.
My rhinitis flares up every spring.
过敏性鼻炎很难根治。
Guòmǐnxìng bíyán hěn nán gēnzhì.
Allergic rhinitis is hard to cure completely.

Tips

memory
The suffix 炎 yán ('inflammation') is a general medical building block: 鼻炎 rhinitis, 胃炎 gastritis, 肺炎 pneumonia, 关节炎 arthritis. If you learn 炎, you can read dozens of inflammation diagnoses.

Stroke Order

鼻 bí
炎 yán