cách nhật
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Definition
Adjective:
- Occurring every other day; happening or recurring at intervals of two days (i.e., with one day in between). This term is most commonly used in medical contexts to describe the pattern of a fever or symptoms.
Adverb:
- On alternate days; every second day. Describes the frequency with which an action is performed or an event occurs.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Bệnh nhân có cơn sốt cách nhật. (The patient has a fever that occurs every other day.)
- Đây là một loại sốt rét cách nhật. (This is a type of tertian malaria.)
Adverb:
- Tôi tập thể dục cách nhật. (I exercise every other day.)
- Thuốc này uống cách nhật. (Take this medicine on alternate days.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is highly specific and is most frequently encountered in formal or medical Vietnamese. In the phrase "sốt cách nhật", it is a direct medical term for a tertian fever (a fever paroxysm occurring every 48 hours), often associated with certain types of malaria.
Variants and Related Words
- Cách tuần: occurring every other week; bi-weekly.
- Cách ngày: a more general synonym meaning "every other day" or "with a day's interval."
Synonyms
- Every other day
- Alternate-day
- On alternate days
- Bidaily (less common, technical)
Related Medical Terminology
- Sốt cách nhật (Tertian fever): A fever pattern where the fever spike recurs every 48 hours.
- Sốt hằng ngày (Quotidian fever): Fever occurring daily.
- Sốt cách ba ngày (Quartan fever): Fever recurring every 72 hours.
- Every other day
- sốt cách nhậttertian fever