癩菌

Japanese
Kanji in this term
癩 菌
らい
Hyōgaiji		 きん
Grade: S
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
らい菌

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) らいきん [ràíkíń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠ikʲĩɴ]

Noun

癩(らい)菌(きん) • (raikin) 

  1. Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that causes leprosy

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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