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腸詰め菌 (ちょうづめきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

腸ちょう詰づめ菌きん

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Meanings

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noun

Clostridium botulinum; botulism-causing bacteria

rare term

Rare term; in modern Japanese, the katakana form ボツリヌス菌 is overwhelmingly preferred. This kanji spelling is a direct translation of the German 'Wurstvergiftung' (sausage poisoning) and is mainly encountered in older or highly specialized texts.

See also: ボツリヌス菌

腸ちょう詰づめ菌きんは、古ふるい医い学がく書しょでボツリヌス菌きんを指さすことがある。
In old medical books, 腸詰め菌 sometimes refers to Clostridium botulinum.

Written forms

腸ちょう詰づめ菌きん
Rare kanji spelling for Clostridium botulinum; the term is usually written in katakana as ボツリヌス菌.
腸ちょう詰づめ菌きん
Variant kanji spelling, even less common than 腸詰め菌.

Kanji

腸intestines, guts, bowels
詰packed, close, pressed
菌germ, fungus, bacteria

Similar words

ボツリヌス菌きん
This is the standard modern term for Clostridium botulinum. 腸詰め菌 is a rare, archaic kanji equivalent.

Etymology

The kanji 腸詰め (sausage) + 菌 (bacterium) is a calque from German 'Wurstvergiftung', reflecting the historical association of botulism with sausages. The term is now obsolete in favor of the katakana loanword ボツリヌス菌.