蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫

藍氏賈第鞭毛蟲

Lánshìjiǎdìbiānmáochóng

noun

Meanings

1 Giardia lamblia
2 a flagellated protozoan that causes giardiasis in the small intestine

Characters

blue (phonetic, for Lambl)

merchant (phonetic, for Giard)

ordinal (phonetic)

Examples

蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫是引起旅行者腹泻的常见原因之一。

Lánshì jiǎdì biānmáochóng shì yǐnqǐ lǚxíngzhě fùxiè de chángjiàn yuányīn zhī yī.

Giardia lamblia is one of the common causes of traveller's diarrhoea.

饮用未经处理的水可能感染蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫。

Yǐnyòng wèi jīng chǔlǐ de shuǐ kěnéng gǎnrǎn Lánshì jiǎdì biānmáochóng.

Drinking untreated water can lead to Giardia lamblia infection.

Tips

history

蓝氏 honours Vilém Lambl, the 19th-century Czech physician who first described the parasite; 贾第 transliterates 'Giardia,' named for French zoologist Alfred Giard. Together they reconstruct the full Latin binomial Giardia lamblia (also called Giardia intestinalis).

Stroke Order

蓝 lán

氏 shì

贾 jiǎ

第 dì

鞭 biān

毛 máo

虫 chóng