Definition

1. Noun:
   • Gauze plug, gauze tampon: A small, compressed piece of sterile gauze used in medicine to absorb fluids, stop bleeding, or pack a wound or body cavity.
   • Tampon (medical context): A plug of absorbent material, typically gauze, inserted into a wound or body opening.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bác sĩ dùng một nút gạc để cầm máu vết thương. (The doctor used a gauze tampon to stop the bleeding from the wound.)
  • Sau khi nhổ răng, nha sĩ đặt một nút gạc vào ổ răng. (After the tooth extraction, the dentist placed a gauze plug into the socket.)

Advanced Usage

• "nút gạc cầm máu": hemostatic gauze tampon.
  • Trong hộp dụng cụ sơ cứu luôn có sẵn nút gạc cầm máu. (A hemostatic gauze tampon is always available in the first aid kit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Băng gạc (n): Gauze bandage, gauze dressing. (A related item used for wrapping wounds.)
• Gạc (n): Gauze. (The base material from which a "nút gạc" is made.)
• Tampon (n): Tampon. (The direct loanword and equivalent term in medical contexts.)

Synonyms

• Nút bông (y học): Cotton plug (medical). (A similar item made of cotton instead of or in addition to gauze.)
• Miếng gạc ép: Pressure gauze pad. (A gauze pad used specifically to apply pressure.)

Related Phrases

• Đặt nút gạc: To insert/pack a gauze tampon.

  • Y tá cần đặt nút gạc vào vết mổ. (The nurse needs to pack a gauze tampon into the surgical incision.)

• Thay nút gạc: To change/replace a gauze tampon.

  • Bệnh nhân được hướng dẫn cách tự thay nút gạc tại nhà. (The patient was instructed on how to change the gauze tampon at home.)

1. (y học) Tampon