药学 (yào xué) — pharmacy (the study of pharmaceutical science)

Definition

药学 is the academic discipline of pharmaceutical science — the study of drugs, not the profession of dispensing them (which is 药剂学 or the work of a 药剂师).

noun

pharmacy (the study of pharmaceutical science)

Examples

药学。
Tā dà xué xué de shì yào xué.
He studied pharmacy in college.
药学。
yào xué Shì yì mén fēi cháng zhòng yào de xué kē.
Pharmacy is a very important discipline.
药学。
Tā bì yè hòu zài yì jiā zhì yào gōng sī zuò yào xué yán jiū.
After graduation, she does pharmacy research at a pharmaceutical company.

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