án mạch

Bác sĩ đang án mạch cho bệnh nhân.

Definition

1. Verb (Medical, Rare):
   • To feel the pulse: The act of checking or measuring a person's pulse rate and rhythm by placing fingers on an artery, typically at the wrist or neck. This is a traditional or classical medical term.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bác sĩ đang án mạch cho bệnh nhân. (The doctor is feeling the patient's pulse.)
  • Án mạch là một kỹ năng cơ bản trong y học cổ truyền. (Feeling the pulse is a basic skill in traditional medicine.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered specialized and somewhat archaic in modern Vietnamese. In contemporary medical contexts, phrases like "bắt mạch" or "kiểm tra mạch" are more commonly used to mean "to take a pulse."

Variants and Related Words

• Bắt mạch (v): to take a pulse (more common modern term).
  • Y tá sẽ bắt mạch của bạn trước. (The nurse will take your pulse first.)
• Mạch đập (n): pulse, heartbeat.
  • Mạch đập của cô ấy rất đều. (Her pulse is very regular.)

Synonyms

• Take a pulse: to measure the arterial pulse.
• Feel the pulse: to assess the pulse by touch.

Notes on Usage

• "Án mạch" is primarily found in historical texts or in the context of traditional medicine (e.g., Đông y). It is rarely used in everyday modern speech or in Western-style clinical settings.