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連鎖球菌 (rensakyuukin) Japanese meaning: streptococcus | Kotomora

連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きん

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Meanings

1

Medical term for a genus of spherical bacteria that form chains.

連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きんは、咽いん頭とう炎

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Streptococcus can cause pharyngitis and scarlet fever.

Kanji

連take along, lead, join
鎖chain, irons, connection
球ball, sphere
菌germ, fungus, bacteria

Related words

ブドウ球きゅう菌きん
Staphylococcus, which forms grape-like clusters, as opposed to chains.

Word family

溶よう血けつ性せい連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きん
hemolytic streptococcus
連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きん性せい咽いん頭とう炎えん
streptococcal pharyngitis; strep throat
ビリダンス型がた連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きん
Streptococcus viridans; viridans group streptococci

Built from

連れん鎖さ+球きゅう菌きん

Written forms

連れん鎖さ球きゅう菌きん
Standard kanji spelling for the medical term.
レンサ球きゅう菌きん
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling commonly used in medical contexts.

Etymology

From 連鎖 (chain) + 球菌 (coccus), a calque of the scientific name Streptococcus.