Medical Dictionary

intermediate host

noun

Medical Definition of INTERMEDIATE HOST

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 2 b :  vector 2

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