Definition

1. Noun (Medical Term):
   • Paratyphoid: An infectious disease caused by bacteria of the Salmonella genus (specifically Salmonella Paratyphi), with symptoms similar to but typically milder than typhoid fever, including fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bệnh phó thương hàn lây lan chủ yếu qua đường ăn uống. (Paratyphoid fever spreads mainly through contaminated food and water.)
  • Các triệu chứng của phó thương hàn có thể bị nhầm lẫn với bệnh thương hàn. (The symptoms of paratyphoid can be confused with typhoid fever.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal medical or public health contexts to specify the type of enteric fever.

Variants and Related Words

• Bệnh thương hàn (n): Typhoid fever, a more severe disease caused by .
• Sốt phó thương hàn (n): Paratyphoid fever, the full name of the illness.

Synonyms

• Paratyphoid fever

Notes on Usage

• "Phó thương hàn" is a technical medical term. In general conversation, the condition might be described more broadly as a type of bacterial infection or food poisoning.
• The word "phó" here means "deputy" or "secondary," indicating its clinical relation to and similarity with typhoid ("thương hàn").

1. Paratyphoid