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host (of a parasite or virus)
In biology, the organism on or in which a parasite, virus, or other pathogen lives and from which it obtains nourishment.
ウイルスが宿主を探す。
The virus looks for a host.
この寄生虫は人間を宿主とする。
This parasite uses humans as its host.
ウイルスは宿主の細胞に入り込んで増殖する。
The virus enters the host's cells and multiplies.
A biology term for the organism that harbors a parasite or virus. Read しゅくしゅ in this technical sense; the same characters read やどぬし mean a landlord or innkeeper.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 宿主に寄生する: to be parasitic on a host
- 中間宿主: intermediate host
- 宿主の細胞: the host's cells