tiền sử

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (fore-) and (history). Compare Chinese 史前 (sử tiền), Chinese 史前史 (sử tiền sử), and Japanese 先史 (senshi, tiên sử).

Pronunciation

Noun

tiền sử

  1. prehistory (history of human culture prior to written records)
  2. (medicine, of a patient) the fact that you have had a disease or illness before; a "history" of a particular disease or illness
    Nó có tiền sử động kinh.
    He's got a seizure before.

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