INTERMEDIATE HOST


Meaning of INTERMEDIATE HOST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1878

1. : a host which is normally used by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and in which it may multiply asexually but not sexually — compare definitive host

2.

a. : reservoir 3

b. : vector

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.