Definition

1. Noun:
   • Plague, Bubonic Plague: A specific, highly dangerous, and often fatal infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, historically known as the Black Death.
   • Epidemic/Pestilence: A widespread outbreak of a contagious, dangerous, and often fatal disease that affects many people in a community at the same time.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thành phố cổ đã bị tàn phá bởi một trận ôn dịch. (The ancient city was devastated by a plague.)
  • Ôn dịch hạch từng cướp đi sinh mạng của hàng triệu người. (The bubonic plague once took the lives of millions.)
  • Các biện pháp cách ly được thực hiện để ngăn chặn ôn dịch. (Quarantine measures were implemented to stop the epidemic.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ôn dịch" is often used in historical, literary, or formal contexts to describe catastrophic disease outbreaks. In modern medical Vietnamese, more specific terms like "dịch hạch" (bubonic plague) or "đại dịch" (pandemic) are commonly used.

Variants and Related Words

• Dịch hạch (n): Bubonic plague. The specific medical term for the plague caused by .
• Đại dịch (n): Pandemic. An epidemic that has spread over multiple countries or continents.
• Bệnh dịch (n): Infectious disease, pestilence. A general term for a dangerous, spreading disease.

Synonyms

• Plague: A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium.
• Pestilence: A fatal epidemic disease.
• Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Related Idioms

• Ôn dịch như dịch tả: (As contagious/pestilential as cholera). Used to describe something that spreads rapidly and is highly undesirable.
• Tránh như tránh ôn dịch: (To avoid like the plague). To stay far away from someone or something considered dangerous or unpleasant.
  • Mọi người tránh anh ta như tránh ôn dịch. (Everyone avoids him like the plague.)

1. Epidemic
2. Plague, bubonic plague