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host

1  [hohst]
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–noun
1. a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere: the host at a theater party.
2. a master of ceremonies, moderator, or interviewer for a television or radio program.
3. a person, place, company, or the like, that provides services, resources, etc., as for a convention or sporting event: Our city would like to serve as host for the next Winter Olympics.
4. the landlord of an inn.
5. a living animal or plant from which a parasite obtains nutrition.
6. Surgery. the recipient of a graft. Compare donor (def. 2).
–verb (used with object)
7. to be the host at (a dinner, reception, etc.): He hosted a reception for new members.
8. to act as host to: The vice president hosted the foreign dignitaries during their visit.
9. to act as master of ceremonies, moderator, or interviewer for: to host a popular talk show.
–verb (used without object)
10. to perform the duties or functions of a host.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (h)oste (n.) < MF < L hospit- (s. of hospes) host, guest, stranger, perh. < *hosti-pot(i)s or *hos-pot(i)s, equiv. to hos(ti)- comb. form of hostis stranger (see host 2 ) + -pot(i)s, akin to potis having the power to, posse to be able (see potent ) (hence, “one granting hospitality, one in charge of guests”); cf., with different initial elements, Gk despótēs master, despot, Lith viẽšpats lord

Related forms:
hostless, adjective
hostship, noun
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: host
Pronunciation: 'hOst
Function: noun
1 : a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives —see DEFINITIVE HOST, INTERMEDIATE HOST
2 : the larger, stronger, or dominant one of a commensal or symbiotic pair
3 a : an individual into which a tissue or part is transplanted from another b : an individual in whom an abnormal growth (as a cancer) is proliferating
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Medical Dictionary

host (hōst)
n.

  1. The animal or plant on which or in which a parasitic organism lives.

  2. The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

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Science Dictionary
host   (hōst)  Pronunciation Key 

    1. The larger of two organisms in a symbiotic relationship.

    2. An organism or cell on or in which a parasite lives or feeds. ◇ A definitive host is an organism in which a parasite reaches sexual maturity. The anopheles mosquito is the definitive host for the malaria plasmodium because, while the mosquito is not adversely affected by the plasmodium's presence, it is the organism in which the plasmodium matures and reproduces. ◇ An intermediate host is an organism in which a parasite develops but does not attain sexual maturity. Humans and certain other vertebrates are the intermediate host of the malaria plasmodium. ◇ A paratenic host is an organism which may be required for the completion of a parasite's life cycle but in which no development of the parasite occurs. The unhatched eggs of nematodes are sometimes carried in a paratenic host such as a bird or rodent. When a predator eats the paratenic host, the eggs are ingested as well.

  2. The recipient of a transplanted tissue or organ.

  3. A computer containing data or programs that another computer can access by means of a network or modem.


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