sốt sản
Definition
Noun (Medical Term):
- Puerperal fever: A serious bacterial infection occurring in the reproductive tract of a person shortly after childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion, characterized by high fever and systemic illness.
- Childbed fever: A historical and lay term for the same condition.
Noun (Veterinary Medicine):
- Milk fever (in cattle): A metabolic disorder, not an infectious fever, occurring in cows shortly after giving birth, caused by low blood calcium levels (hypocalcemia).
Usage Examples
Noun (Human Medicine):
- Trước khi có kháng sinh, sốt sản là nguyên nhân gây tử vong chính cho sản phụ. (Before antibiotics, puerperal fever was a leading cause of mortality for postpartum women.)
- Các bác sĩ theo dõi cô ấy sát sao để phòng ngừa sốt sản. (The doctors monitored her closely to prevent childbed fever.)
Noun (Veterinary Medicine):
- Con bò cái mới đẻ bị sốt sản và cần được tiêm canxi ngay. (The cow that just calved has milk fever and needs an immediate calcium injection.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is highly technical and specific to medical and veterinary contexts. It is not used in everyday conversation.
- In human medicine, the term "puerperal sepsis" is a more modern clinical synonym for "puerperal fever."
Variants and Related Words
- Sốt hậu sản (n): Postpartum fever. This is a broader term that can include puerperal fever but may also refer to fever from other postpartum causes.
- Nhiễm trùng hậu sản (n): Postpartum infection.
Synonyms
- Puerperal fever
- Childbed fever
- Postpartum infection (broader term)
- Milk fever (specifically for cattle)
Notes on Meaning
- The meaning of "sốt sản" differs critically between human and veterinary medicine:
- In humans, it is an infectious disease (puerperal sepsis).
- In cattle, it is a metabolic disorder (parturient paresis or hypocalcemia), though it shares the "post-birth" context.
- This dual meaning is important for accurate translation and understanding in different fields.