ngoại cảm

ngoại cảm

Một em bé bị ngoại cảm sau khi chơi dưới mưa.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Exopathy (in Traditional Medicine): A category of illness in traditional East Asian medicine, believed to be caused by external climatic or environmental factors such as wind, cold, heat, or dampness invading the body from the outside. It is contrasted with internal disorders ("nội thương").
    • External Sensation / Perception (in Parapsychology): The purported psychic ability to perceive information about external objects, people, or events without using the known physical senses (e.g., clairvoyance, remote viewing). This is a modern, extended meaning.
Usage Examples

  • Noun (Traditional Medicine):

    • Ông ấy bị ngoại cảm nên nhức đầu và sổ mũi. (He has exopathy, so he has a headache and a runny nose.)
    • Theo Đông y, cảm lạnh là một dạng ngoại cảm. (According to traditional medicine, a cold is a type of exopathy.)

  • Noun (Parapsychology):

    • Một số người tin rằng họ có khả năng ngoại cảm. (Some people believe they have extrasensory perception.)
    • Nhà ngoại cảm tuyên bố có thể giao tiếp với thế giới bên kia. (The psychic claimed to be able to communicate with the other world.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used in compound phrases that specify the type:
    • "nhà ngoại cảm": a psychic, a person claiming extrasensory abilities.
      • Nhà ngoại cảm đó được nhiều người tìm đến. (That psychic is sought out by many people.)
Variants and Related Words

  • Cảm mạo (n): common cold, a specific manifestation often linked to "ngoại cảm."

    • Anh ấy nghỉ làm vì cảm mạo. (He is off work because of a cold.)

  • Ngoại lực (n): external force (physics/mechanics), shares the "ngoại" (external) root but is unrelated in meaning.

Synonyms
  • Exopathy (for the medical context).
  • Extrasensory Perception (ESP) / Psychic Ability (for the parapsychology context).
  • Climatic Disease (descriptive synonym for the medical concept).
Related Idioms
  • While not a direct idiom, the concept is central to traditional medical sayings about health and environment:
    • Phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh, tránh ngoại cảm xâm nhập. (Prevention is better than cure, avoid the invasion of exopathic factors.)