医薬品|いやくひんiyakuhin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmedical and pharmaceutical products; medicinal supplies; drugs; pharmaceuticals; medicine
   ボランティアグループの人ひと達たちは戦争せんそう被害者ひがいしゃに食料しょくりょうと医薬品いやくひんを配くばっている。↗

   The volunteer group provides war victims with food and medicine.

• Synonym医薬いやくWrittenWritten/formal. Covers drugs and also medical treatment and dispensing; mostly seen in compounds like 「医薬分業」「医薬部外品」. 「医薬品」 means the drug products themselves.
• Synonym薬品やくひんNeutralNeutral. Means medicines but also chemical agents and reagents; 「医薬品」 is limited to drugs for diagnosing, treating and preventing disease.
• Synonym薬くすりNeutralNeutral. The everyday word for medicine, also covering pesticides, gunpowder and the like; 「医薬品」 is the legal, formal term.
• Synonym薬剤やくざいWrittenWritten/formal. Refers to compounded or prepared medicines, and to chemical preparations like pesticides and bleach; 「医薬品」 covers only medical drugs.
• Related薬餌やくじWrittenWritten/formal. An archaic word for medicine and diet, also just medicine, as in 「薬餌療法」; in everyday speech say 「薬」.

Use 「薬」 for medicine in everyday speech and 「医薬品」 in legal or formal contexts. 「薬品」 covers chemical agents and reagents, 「薬剤」 compounded medicines or chemical preparations, 「医薬」 appears mostly in compounds, and 「薬餌」 is archaic.

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1. 病気びょうきの診断しんだん、治療ちりょう、予防よぼうを行おこなうための薬品やくひん。