| 炎性反应 | yán xìng fǎn yìng | inflammation response |
| 炎炎 | yán yán | scorching |
| 炎陵县 | Yán líng xiàn | Yanling county in Zhuzhou 株洲, Hunan |
| 炎黄子孙 | Yán huáng zǐ sūn | Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) |
| 牙周炎 | yá zhōu yán | periodontisis (gum disorder) |
| 牙龈炎 | yá yín yán | gingivitis |
| 甲型肝炎 | jiǎ xíng gān yán | hepatitis A |
| 病毒性肝炎 | bìng dú xìng gān yán | viral hepatitis |
| 盲肠炎 | máng cháng yán | appendicitis |
| 章太炎 | Zhāng Tài yán | Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution |
| 结膜炎 | jié mó yán | conjunctivitis |
| 肺炎克雷伯氏菌 | fèi yán kè léi bó shì jūn | Klebsiella pnenmoniae |
| 肺炎双球菌 | fèi yán shuāng qiú jūn | Diplococcus pneumoniae |
| 胰腺炎 | yí xiàn yán | pancreatitis |
| 胰脏炎 | yí zàng yán | pancreatitis |
| 胸膜炎 | xiōng mó yán | pleurisy |
| 脊髓灰质炎 | jǐ suǐ huī zhì yán | poliomyelitis |
| 脊髓炎 | jǐ suǐ yán | myelitis; inflammation of spinal chord |
| 肾盂炎 | shèn yú yán | pyelitis (medicine) |
| 脑炎 | nǎo yán | brain fever; encephalitis; meningitis |
| 脑膜炎 | nǎo mó yán | meningitis |
| 腮腺炎 | sāi xiàn yán | mumps |
| 腱炎 | jiàn yán | tendonitis |
| 肠胃炎 | cháng wèi yán | gastroenteritis |
| 膀胱炎 | páng guāng yán | cystitis |
| 膜炎 | mó yán | inflammation of membrane; membranitis |
| 西方马脑炎病毒 | xī fāng mǎ nǎo yán bìng dú | western equine encephalitis (WEE) virus |
| 角膜炎 | jiǎo mó yán | keratitis (inflammation of the cornea) |
| 趋炎附势 | qū yán fù shì | to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power; social climbing |
| 阑尾炎 | lán wěi yán | appendicitis (medicine) |
| 阴道炎 | yīn dào yán | vaginal infection; inflammation of the vulva or vagina; colpitis |
| 阳炎 | yáng yán | dazzling sunlight; glare of sunlight |
| 非典型肺炎 | fēi diǎn xíng fèi yán | atypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respitory Syndrome; SARS |
| 风湿性关节炎 | fēng shī xìng guān jié yán | rheumatoid arthritis |
| 风湿关节炎 | fēng shī guān jié yán | rheumatoid arthritis |
| 黄炎贵胄 | huáng yán guì zhòu | honorable Chinese nationals (idiom) |
| 鼻炎 | bí yán | rhinitis |
| 鼻窦炎 | bí dòu yán | sinusitis |
| 齿龈炎 | chǐ yín yán | gingivitis |
| 龈炎 | yín yán | gingivitis |
