long đờm
Definition
Adjective:
- Expectorant: Describes a substance, typically a medicine, that helps to loosen and expel mucus (phlegm) from the respiratory tract (lungs, bronchi, and trachea).
Noun:
- Expectorant: A type of medication or agent that has the effect of thinning and promoting the removal of phlegm from the airways.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Thuốc này có tác dụng long đờm. (This medicine has an expectorant effect.)
- Bác sĩ kê đơn một loại siro long đờm. (The doctor prescribed an expectorant syrup.)
Noun:
- Đây là một loại long đờm hiệu quả. (This is an effective expectorant.)
- Ho nhiều nên uống long đờm. (You should take an expectorant for a severe cough.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in a medical or pharmaceutical context. It is a compound word formed from "long" (to loosen, to dislodge) and "đờm" (phlegm, mucus), but it functions as a single lexical unit meaning "expectorant."
Variants and Related Words
Thuốc long đờm (n): Expectorant medicine.
- Cần mua thuốc long đờm cho trẻ. (I need to buy expectorant medicine for the child.)
Tác dụng long đờm (n): Expectorant action/effect.
- Mật ong có tác dụng long đờm nhẹ. (Honey has a mild expectorant effect.)
Synonyms
- Expectorant: A substance that aids in bringing up mucus.
- Mucolytic: An agent that breaks down mucus, making it less thick (a specific type of expectorant action).
Related Terms
Ho có đờm (n): Productive cough (a cough with phlegm).
- Long đờm thường dùng cho bệnh nhân ho có đờm. (Expectorants are often used for patients with a productive cough.)
Khạc đờm (v): To expectorate, to cough up phlegm.
- Thuốc giúp bệnh nhân dễ khạc đờm hơn. (The medicine helps the patient expectorate phlegm more easily.)