Definition

1. Adjective (Medical): Galloping. Used to describe a disease that progresses with extreme and rapid severity.
2. Noun (Traditional Vietnamese Theater): A specific aria or performance style in classical theater (like or ) where the actor sings while mimicking the movements of riding a horse.
3. Noun (Traditional Architecture): A style of balcony or mezzanine in a traditional house that has a connecting passageway leading to an outer balcony or veranda.
4. Noun (Traditional Medicine): A severe, rapidly spreading form of oral ulceration or gangrene, especially in children.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Medical):
  • Bác sĩ chẩn đoán bệnh nhân bị viêm phổi tẩu mã. (The doctor diagnosed the patient with galloping pneumonia.)
• Noun (Theater):
  • Nghệ sĩ biểu diễn điệu tẩu mã rất điêu luyện. (The performer executed the "galloping horse" aria very skillfully.)
• Noun (Architecture):
  • Ngôi nhà cổ này được thiết kế với một gác tẩu mã. (This old house is designed with a "galloping horse" balcony.)
• Noun (Traditional Medicine):
  • Trẻ em bị cam tẩu mã cần được chữa trị kịp thời. (Children with "galloping" oral gangrene need prompt treatment.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is highly specialized and is primarily encountered in historical, cultural, or traditional medical contexts. In modern medical English, "galloping" is an archaic descriptor; conditions like "galloping consumption" are now referred to with specific clinical terms (e.g., "fulminant tuberculosis").

Variants and Related Words

• Cam tẩu mã (n): The specific disease of rapid oral gangrene.
• Gác tẩu mã (n): The specific architectural feature.

Synonyms

• Galloping (for the medical and general descriptive sense).
• Fulminant or rapidly progressive (modern medical equivalent).
• Horse-riding aria (descriptive translation for theater).

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms using this word. It is a technical term.

adj

1. galloping