疟原虫 (nüèyuánchóng): malaria parasite

Meanings

Nüèyuánchóng tōngguò wénzi chuánbō.

Malaria parasites are transmitted through mosquitoes.

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

疟 nüè

原 yuán

虫 chóng