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群體免疫

简群体免疫 · 繁群體免疫

Mandarin · pinyin qún tǐ miǎn yì

herd immunity

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群: qún · group, crowd, multitude, mob
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
免: miǎn · spare; excuse from; evade
疫: yì · epidemic, plague, pestilence
体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior

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2–3–3–4 · qun2 ti3 mian3 yi4

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noun

(epidemiology) herd immunity

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