ban lao

Bác sĩ đang khám một vết ban lao trên cánh tay bệnh nhân.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Tuberculide: A medical term for a skin lesion or eruption that is caused by a reaction to the tuberculosis bacterium, often occurring in individuals with tuberculosis infection elsewhere in the body.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bác sĩ chẩn đoán tổn thương trên da là ban lao. (The doctor diagnosed the skin lesion as a tuberculide.)
  • Ban lao có thể là biểu hiện của phản ứng miễn dịch với vi khuẩn lao. (Tuberculide can be a manifestation of an immune reaction to the tuberculosis bacterium.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is highly specialized and used almost exclusively in medical contexts, particularly in dermatology and infectious disease.

Variants and Related Words

• Lao da (n): Cutaneous tuberculosis; a broader term for tuberculosis affecting the skin, which may include conditions like tuberculide.
  • Lao da có nhiều dạng lâm sàng khác nhau. (Cutaneous tuberculosis has many different clinical forms.)

Synonyms

• Tuberculid: The direct English equivalent in medical terminology.

Notes on Usage

• "Ban lao" is a technical noun. It is not used in everyday conversation and has no common idiomatic or phrasal verb forms.
• The term specifically refers to a reactive skin condition, not to active tuberculous infection of the skin itself.