u gai

Một bác sĩ da liễu đang quan sát một u gai nhỏ trên da bệnh nhân.

Definition

1. Noun (Medical Term):
   • Acanthoma: A benign skin tumor or growth characterized by thickening of the skin's prickle cell layer (stratum spinosum). It is a clinical term for a specific type of epithelial neoplasm.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bác sĩ chẩn đoán bệnh nhân có một u gai lành tính trên da. (The doctor diagnosed the patient with a benign acanthoma on the skin.)
  • U gai thường được phát hiện qua sinh thiết. (An acanthoma is often discovered through a biopsy.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in clinical, dermatological, and pathological contexts. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Acanthoma: The direct English equivalent and medical term.
• Tăng sản gai (n): Acanthosis, which refers to a general thickening of the stratum spinosum, often a feature within an acanthoma.

Synonyms

• Benign skin tumor: A non-cancerous growth of the skin.
• Epithelial neoplasm: A growth arising from epithelial cells.

Notes

• "U gai" is a compound noun in Vietnamese ("u" = tumor, "gai" = spine/prickle, referring to the spiny cells of the epidermis). It is treated as a single, fixed medical term.
• It is crucial to distinguish this from other common skin growths like moles, cysts, or warts, which have different medical names.