Definition

1. Noun (Medical Term):
   • Intussusception: A serious medical condition in which one segment of the intestine slides into an adjacent segment, much like the collapsing sections of a telescope. This can cause a blockage, restrict blood flow, and is a medical emergency.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trẻ sơ sinh bị đau bụng dữ dội và nôn có thể là dấu hiệu của lồng ruột. (Infants with severe abdominal pain and vomiting may have signs of intussusception.)
  • Bác sĩ chẩn đoán cháu bé bị lồng ruột qua hình ảnh siêu âm. (The doctor diagnosed the child with intussusception via ultrasound imaging.)
  • Lồng ruột cần được điều trị cấp cứu để tránh hoại tử ruột. (Intussusception requires emergency treatment to prevent intestinal necrosis.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is almost exclusively used in a clinical or medical context. It is not used in everyday figurative language.

Variants and Related Words

• Lồng ruột cấp (n): Acute intussusception.
• Tháo lồng ruột (v): To reduce an intussusception (the medical procedure to correct it).
  • Bác sĩ đã tháo lồng ruột thành công bằng phương pháp bơm hơi. (The doctor successfully reduced the intussusception using an air enema.)

Synonyms

• Intestinal invagination: A less common synonym in medical English.
• Bowel intussusception: A more specific term.

Notes on Usage

• Lồng ruột is a compound noun. It is treated as a single, fixed medical term. The word lồng alone means "cage" or "to insert/fit into," and ruột means "intestine," which helps illustrate the condition's mechanism.
• It is most commonly associated with pediatric medicine, as it frequently occurs in young children.