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    3. 莢膜

    莢膜

    莢きょう膜まく

    (bacterial) capsule

    NTNounScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab24 strokes

    きょうまく

    Noun

    1.
    (bacterial) capsule
    medicine
    2.
    ovarian follicle sheath, theca
    medicine

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    Kanji that make up this word

    莢
    さや…(1)
    pod・hull・husk・shell・case
    膜
    membrane
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