宿 主(しゅくしゅ)

しゅくしゅ

noun

host (of a parasite or virus)

1. 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(しゅくしゅ)を探(さが)す。

The virus looks for a host.

この寄生虫(きせいちゅう)は人間(にんげん)を宿主(しゅくしゅ)とする。

This parasite uses humans as its host.

ウイルスは宿主(しゅくしゅ)の細胞(さいぼう)に入(はい)り込(こ)んで増殖(ぞうしょく)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(しゅくしゅ)に寄生(きせい)する: to be parasitic on a host
中間宿主(ちゅうかんしゅくしゅ): intermediate host
宿主(しゅくしゅ)の細胞(さいぼう): the host's cells

general

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