疟原虫

瘧原蟲

nüèyuánchóng

noun #65,093

Meanings

疟原虫通过蚊子传播。

Nüèyuánchóng tōngguò wénzi chuánbō.

Malaria parasites are transmitted through mosquitoes.

屠呦呦因发现青蒿素能杀死疟原虫而获诺贝尔奖。

Túyōuyōu yīn fāxiàn qīng hāo sù néng shāsǐ nüèyuánchóng ér huò Nuòbèi'ěrjiǎng.

Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for discovering that artemisinin can kill malaria parasites.

usage

疟 has two readings: nüè (medical/formal, as here) and yào (colloquial, as in 发疟子 fāyàozi 'have malaria attack'). For 疟原虫 always use nüè.

疟 nüè

原 yuán

虫 chóng