phó thương hàn
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Definition
- 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").
- Paratyphoid