giảm sốt

giảm sốt

Sau khi uống thuốc, em bé đã giảm sốt.

Definition
  1. Verb (intransitive):

    • To have a fever subside; for a fever to break or abate: Refers to the process where a high body temperature (fever) decreases or returns to normal.
    • To become less feverish: Describes the state of a person whose fever is reducing.
  2. Verb (transitive):

    • To reduce a fever; to bring down a temperature: Refers to the action of administering treatment (e.g., medicine, cooling methods) to lower someone's fever.
Usage Examples
  • Intransitive Verb:

    • Sau khi uống thuốc, em bé đã giảm sốt. (After taking medicine, the baby's fever broke.)
    • Bệnh nhân bắt đầu giảm sốt vào chiều nay. (The patient started running a lower temperature this afternoon.)
  • Transitive Verb:

    • Bác sĩ đơn thuốc để giảm sốt. (The doctor prescribed medicine to reduce the fever.)
    • Chườm mát có thể giúp giảm sốt cho trẻ. (Applying a cool compress can help bring down a child's temperature.)
Advanced Usage
  • Medical Context: The term is almost exclusively used in medical or health-related contexts to describe the physiological process or therapeutic goal related to pyrexia (fever).
    • Mục tiêu điều trị ban đầu giảm sốt giảm đau. (The initial treatment goal is antipyresis and pain relief.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Hạ sốt: A more common synonym with identical meaning and usage (to reduce fever/to have a fever subside).
  • Thuốc hạ sốt / Thuốc giảm sốt (n): Antipyretic, fever-reducing medicine (e.g., paracetamol, ibuprofen).
    • Paracetamol một loại thuốc hạ sốt thông dụng. (Paracetamol is a common antipyretic.)
  • Cơn sốt (n): A bout/attack of fever.
  • Sốt cao (n/adj): High fever.
Synonyms
  • Hạ sốt: To reduce fever.
  • Lui sốt: (Less common) For a fever to subside.
Related Phrases / Collocations
  • Giảm sốt đau nhức: To reduce fever and aches.
  • Biện pháp giảm sốt: Fever-reducing measures.
  • Đáp ứng giảm sốt: Febrile response to treatment (e.g., the fever decreases in response to medicine).