intermediate host
the host in which a parasite undergoes development but does not reach sexual maturity.
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How to use intermediate host in a sentence
It is thought that these are transmitted from rat to rat by the common rat-louse which serves as an intermediate host.
Insects and Diseases | Rennie W. DoaneIn other cases, it is the asexual stage of the parasite which is undergone, and the arthropod then acts as the intermediate host.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert RileyThe first mentioned genus is said to be the intermediate host of Hmoproteus columb.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert RileyThey all pass a larval stage in the body of an intermediate host.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThese are necessary for invading the flesh of some intermediate host.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
British Dictionary definitions for intermediate host
an animal that acts as host to a parasite that has not yet become sexually mature
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Scientific definitions for intermediate host
[ ĭn′tər-mē′dē-ĭt ]
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