giảm tiết
Definitions
- Verb:
- To reduce secretion: The biological process of decreasing the production and release of substances (such as hormones, enzymes, sweat, or mucus) from a gland or cell.
- To have hyposecretion: A state of diminished secretory activity.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Thuốc này có tác dụng giảm tiết mồ hôi. (This medicine works to reduce sweat secretion.)
- Rối loạn có thể dẫn đến giảm tiết hormone tuyến giáp. (The disorder can lead to reduced thyroid hormone secretion.)
- Bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán giảm tiết dịch vị dạ dày. (The patient was diagnosed with reduced gastric juice secretion.)
Advanced Usage
- Technical/Medical Context: Used primarily in medical, biological, and physiological contexts to describe a pathological or induced decrease in secretory function.
- Suy tuyến yên gây giảm tiết nhiều loại hormone quan trọng. (Pituitary insufficiency causes hyposecretion of many important hormones.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giảm tiết (n): Can function as a noun phrase meaning "hyposecretion" or "reduced secretion".
- Sự giảm tiết nước bọt gây khô miệng. (The hyposecretion of saliva causes dry mouth.)
- Tăng tiết (v/n): The opposite action, meaning "to hypersecrete" or "hypersecretion" (increased secretion).
- Bài tiết (v/n): To excrete / excretion, referring to the general process of elimination.
- Tiết (v/n): To secrete / secretion.
Synonyms
- Hyposecretion (n): The medical term for deficient secretion.
- Giảm bài tiết: Less common, but can be used similarly to mean reduced excretion/secretion.
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Giảm tiết dịch: To reduce fluid secretion.
- Giảm tiết acid: To reduce acid secretion.
- Giảm tiết bã nhờn: To reduce sebum secretion.
- Chất giảm tiết: A secretory-reducing agent (e.g., an antisecretory drug).
Notes
- Word Type: This is a compound verb formed from "giảm" (to reduce) and "tiết" (to secrete). It is treated as a single lexical unit in specialized language.
- Field of Use: Almost exclusively used in scientific, medical, and formal health-related discussions. It is not typically used in everyday conversation.