kiết lị
Definition
- Noun:
- Dysentery: An infectious disease of the intestines, especially the colon, that results in severe diarrhea with blood and mucus in the feces. It is often accompanied by abdominal pain and fever.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán mắc bệnh kiết lị. (The patient was diagnosed with dysentery.)
- Kiết lị lây lan chủ yếu qua thức ăn và nước uống bị ô nhiễm. (Dysentery spreads mainly through contaminated food and water.)
- Triệu chứng của kiết lị bao gồm đau bụng dữ dội và tiêu chảy ra máu. (Symptoms of dysentery include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is used in a medical context. It can be specified as "kiết lị amip" (amoebic dysentery) or "kiết lị trực trùng" (bacillary dysentery).
Variants and Related Words
- Lỵ: A shorter, synonymous term for dysentery, often used interchangeably in medical Vietnamese.
- Ông ấy nhập viện vì bệnh lỵ. (He was hospitalized for dysentery.)
Synonyms
- Dysentery: The direct medical equivalent.
- Bloody flux: An older, less common term for dysentery.
Related Idioms
- While there are no common idioms using the word "kiết lị" directly, the concept of a debilitating illness is sometimes used figuratively. For example, a situation causing great distress might be described metaphorically as "như bị kiết lị" (like having dysentery), though this is not a standardized idiom.