Definition

1. Noun:
   • Spider egg: The egg or egg sac produced by a spider.
   • (Pharmacy, obsolete): A small, round, flat medicinal tablet or lozenge, historically named for its resemblance to a spider's egg sac in shape and size.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong góc nhà có một ổ trứng nhện. (There is a spider egg sac in the corner of the house.)
  • Thuốc này ngày xưa được bào chế dưới dạng viên trứng nhện. (In the past, this medicine was formulated as a small, round tablet.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is archaic in a pharmaceutical context. Modern Vietnamese would use "viên thuốc" (tablet/pill) or "viên nén" (compressed tablet).

Variants and Related Words

• Ổ trứng nhện (n): spider egg sac.
  • Con nhện giấu ổ trứng nhện của nó dưới lá. (The spider hid its egg sac under a leaf.)
• Viên nhện (n, obsolete): synonym for the medicinal tablet form.

Synonyms

• Spider egg sac: for the biological meaning.
• Tablet or Lozenge: for the obsolete pharmaceutical meaning.

Notes on Usage

• In contemporary Vietnamese, "trứng nhện" almost exclusively refers to the biological object (spider eggs). The pharmaceutical usage is historical and rarely encountered outside of specialized or historical texts.