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Mandarin · pinyin méng yào#

anesthetic; narcotic
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Mandarin · pinyin měng yào#

traditional Mongolian medicine (or drug)

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蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
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药: yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

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2–4 · meng2 yao4

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noun

(anesthesiology) anesthetic (substance that causes loss of sensation or consciousness); narcotic; sedative

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