疟原虫

瘧原蟲

nüèyuánchóng

noun #65,093

Meanings

HSK 7-9

疟原虫通过蚊子传播。

Nüèyuánchóng tōngguò wénzi chuánbō.

Malaria parasites are transmitted through mosquitoes.

HSK 7-9

屠呦呦因发现青蒿素能杀死疟原虫而获诺贝尔奖。

Tú Yōuyōu yīn fāxiàn qīnghāosù néng shāsǐ nüèyuánchóng ér huò Nuòbèi'ěr jiǎng.

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 'have malaria attack'). For 疟原虫 always use nüè.

疟 nüè

原 yuán

虫 chóng