tái lại
Definition
- Verb:
- To recur / to have a recurrence: To occur again, typically referring to the return of a disease, symptom, or undesirable condition after a period of improvement or remission.
- To relapse: To fall back into a previous state, especially a state of illness or bad health.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cơn đau đầu của anh ấy đã tái lại. (His headache has recurred.)
- Bệnh sốt rét có thể tái lại nếu không điều trị dứt điểm. (Malaria can relapse if not treated completely.)
- Tình trạng viêm da dễ tái lại vào mùa đông. (The dermatitis condition tends to recur in winter.)
Advanced Usage
- Medical Context: Primarily used in medical or health-related contexts to describe the return of an illness.
- Sau khi ngừng thuốc, các triệu chứng tái lại rất nhanh. (After stopping the medication, the symptoms recurred very quickly.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tái phát (v): to relapse, to recur (often used interchangeably with "tái lại" but can imply a more sudden or severe recurrence).
- Căn bệnh ung thư đã tái phát. (The cancer has relapsed.)
Synonyms
- Recur: to happen or occur again.
- Relapse: to suffer a deterioration after a period of improvement.
- Return: to come back (in the context of a condition).
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