phòng bệnh
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Definition
Noun:
- Prevention of disease / Disease prevention: The act or practice of taking measures to stop illnesses from occurring or spreading. It is a core principle of public health and personal healthcare.
- Prophylaxis: A medical term for actions taken to prevent disease, especially specific measures like vaccination or the use of prophylactic drugs.
Adjective (Attributive use):
- Preventive / Prophylactic: Used to describe measures, actions, or medicine aimed at preventing disease. For example, "preventive medicine" or "prophylactic measures."
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Phòng bệnh là ưu tiên hàng đầu của ngành y tế. (Disease prevention is the top priority of the healthcare sector.)
- Tiêm chủng là một hình thức phòng bệnh hiệu quả. (Vaccination is an effective form of disease prevention.)
Adjective (Attributive use):
- Chúng ta cần có các biện pháp phòng bệnh từ sớm. (We need to have preventive measures early on.)
- Bác sĩ kê đơn thuốc có tác dụng phòng bệnh. (The doctor prescribed medicine with a prophylactic effect.)
Advanced Usage
"Y học phòng bệnh": Preventive medicine. This is a medical specialty focused on preventing diseases and promoting health.
- Cô ấy theo đuổi chuyên ngành y học phòng bệnh. (She is pursuing a specialty in preventive medicine.)
Used in formal public health contexts to describe policies, campaigns, or systems.
- Chiến dịch phòng bệnh sốt xuất huyết đang được triển khai. (A dengue fever prevention campaign is being implemented.)
Variants and Related Words
Dự phòng (v/n): To prevent / Prevention. Often used interchangeably with "phòng bệnh" in medical contexts.
- Các biện pháp dự phòng là rất cần thiết. (Preventive measures are essential.)
Ngăn ngừa (v): To prevent, to avert. A more general verb for stopping something from happening.
- Ngăn ngừa dịch bệnh lây lan. (To prevent an epidemic from spreading.)
Synonyms
- Prevention: The act of stopping something from happening.
- Prophylaxis: Specific medical prevention.
- Precaution: A measure taken in advance to prevent harm.
Related Idioms and Proverbs
- "Phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh": Literally "Preventing disease is better than curing disease." Equivalent to the English proverb "Prevention is better than cure."
- Hãy nhớ câu nói 'phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh'. (Remember the saying 'prevention is better than cure'.)
adj
- prophylactic, preventive