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薬剤 (やくざい, yakuzai) Japanese meaning: medicine | Kotomora
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This medicine is said to have few side effects.
Development of new antiviral drugs is progressing.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 に 薬やく 剤ざい を 投とう 与よ する to administer a drug/medication to someone
The doctor administered a new medication to the patient.
〈 物もの 〉 に 薬やく 剤ざい を 使し 用よう する to use a chemical agent on something
The farmer used a chemical agent to control pests.
薬やく 剤ざい の 副ふく 作さ 用よう が 出で る to experience side effects from a drug
This medication can sometimes cause side effects.
Kanji 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel Related words 薬 is the everyday, general word for medicine, while 薬剤 is a more formal or technical term used in medical and professional contexts.
医薬品 refers specifically to pharmaceutical products approved for medical use, whereas 薬剤 also covers non-medicinal chemical agents like pesticides.
Don't confuse with 薬品 and 薬剤 look and sound similar and both can mean 'chemical/drug', but 薬品 is more common for lab or industrial chemicals while 薬剤 leans toward medicinal or regulatory use.
薬材 (same reading as 薬剤) means the raw ingredients or materials used to make medicine, not the finished medicinal substance that 薬剤 refers to.
薬剤 refers to a prepared medicinal agent or dose dispensed by a pharmacist, while 薬物 is the broader, more clinical/legal term for any drug substance.
Word family pharmacist; chemist
pharmaceutics
drug resistance
Etymology Compound of 薬 (yaku, 'medicine, chemical') and 剤 (zai, 'preparation, agent'). The combination straightforwardly means 'medicinal or chemical agent'.
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drug-resistant bacterium; drug-resistant bacteria
