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薬剤耐性菌 (やくざいたいせいきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
drug-resistant bacterium ; drug-resistant bacteria
Medical term for bacteria that have acquired resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Often used in contexts of antibiotic resistance and hospital-acquired infections.
で
は
薬やく
剤ざい
耐たい
性せい
菌きん
の
院いん
内ない
感かん
染せん
を
防ふせ
ぐ
対たい
策さく
を
強きょう
化か
し
て
いる
。
This hospital is strengthening measures to prevent nosocomial infections with drug-resistant bacteria.
Kanji 薬 medicine, chemical, enamel Similar words 耐たい 性せい 菌きん A more general term for resistant bacteria, not specifying drug resistance. 薬剤耐性菌 explicitly refers to drug-resistant strains.
抗こう 生せい 物ぶっ 質しつ Antibiotics, the drugs to which these bacteria are resistant.
Etymology Compound of 薬剤 (yakuzai, 'drug, medicine'), 耐性 (taisei, 'resistance, tolerance'), and 菌 (kin, 'bacterium, germ').
