vô trùng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Sterile; Aseptic: Completely free from living microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This is the primary meaning, describing an environment, object, or substance that has been made completely clean from germs, often through a process like heat, chemicals, or filtration.
- Sterile (in biology): Incapable of producing life, offspring, or spores.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Các dụng cụ phẫu thuật phải được vô trùng tuyệt đối. (Surgical instruments must be absolutely sterile.)
- Phòng thí nghiệm duy trì một môi trường vô trùng. (The laboratory maintains a sterile environment.)
- Bông vô trùng được dùng để lau vết thương. (Sterile cotton is used to clean wounds.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in scientific, medical, and technical contexts (e.g., surgery, microbiology, food processing) rather than in everyday conversation.
- It describes a state or condition that is achieved through a specific process (khử trùng - sterilization).
Variants and Related Words
- Khử trùng / Tiệt trùng (v): to sterilize, to disinfect.
- Khử trùng bình sữa cho em bé. (To sterilize the baby's bottle.)
- Tính vô trùng (n): sterility, aseptic condition.
- Chất khử trùng (n): disinfectant, sterilizing agent.
Synonyms
- Sterile: Free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.
- Aseptic: Free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms; surgically clean.
- Germ-free: (More informal) Free from germs.
Related Terms and Phrases
- Khu vực vô trùng: sterile zone/area.
- Phòng vô trùng: sterile room (e.g., an operating room or cleanroom).
- Vô trùng học: aseptic technique (the method to achieve sterility).