Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "intermediate host" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF INTERMEDIATE HOST

intermediate host play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERMEDIATE HOST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intermediate host is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERMEDIATE HOST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Intermediate host

A secondary host or intermediate host is a host that harbors the parasite only for a short transition period, during which some developmental stage is completed. For trypanosomes, the cause of sleeping sickness, humans are the intermediate host, while the tsetse fly is the definitive host, given that it has been shown that reproduction occurs in the insect. Cestodes and other parasitic flatworms have complex life-cycles, in which specific developmental stages are completed in a sequence of several different hosts. As the life cycles of many parasites are not well understood, sometimes the "more important" organism is arbitrarily defined as definitive, and this designation may continue even after it is determined to be incorrect. For example, sludge worms are sometimes considered "intermediate hosts" for whirling disease, even though it is known that the parasite causing the disease reproduces sexually inside them. In Trichinella spiralis, the roundworm that causes trichinosis, a host has both reproductive adults in its digestive tract and immature juveniles in its muscles, and is therefore considered both an intermediate host and a definitive host.

Definition of intermediate host in the English dictionary

The definition of intermediate host in the dictionary is an animal that acts as host to a parasite that has not yet become sexually mature.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERMEDIATE HOST

intermediacy
intermedial
intermediaries
intermediary
intermediate
intermediate care facility
intermediate frequency
intermediate range ballistic missile
intermediate school
intermediate technology
intermediate treatment
intermediate vector boson
intermediate-acting
intermediate-level waste
intermediate-range ballistic missile
intermediately
intermediateness
intermediation
intermediator
intermediatory

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERMEDIATE HOST

almost
at any cost
bacterial ghost
boost
cohost
cost
frost
game show host
ghost
give up the ghost
Holy Ghost
host
last post
lost
low-cost
most
outpost
post
repost
the most

Synonyms and antonyms of intermediate host in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intermediate host» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF INTERMEDIATE HOST

Find out the translation of intermediate host to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intermediate host from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intermediate host» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中间宿主
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

huésped intermediario
570 millions of speakers

English

intermediate host
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मध्यवर्ती मेजबान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عائل وسيط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

промежуточным хозяином
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hospedeiro intermediário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইন্টারমিডিয়েট হোস্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hôte intermédiaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tuan rumah pertengahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zwischenwirt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中間宿主
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중간 호스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tuan rumah penengah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vật chủ trung gian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடைநிலை ஹோஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इंटरमीडिएट होस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ara konak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ospite intermedio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pośredniego gospodarza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проміжним господарем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gazde intermediare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενδιάμεσου ξενιστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intermediêre gasheer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mellanvärd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mellomvert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intermediate host

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMEDIATE HOST»

The term «intermediate host» is regularly used and occupies the 107.593 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
50
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «intermediate host» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of intermediate host
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «intermediate host».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERMEDIATE HOST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «intermediate host» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «intermediate host» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intermediate host

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERMEDIATE HOST»

Discover the use of intermediate host in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intermediate host and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites: (Second Edition)
The cycle is completed when this second intermediate host is ingested by the definitive host. The five different types of life cycle truncation are: (b) progenesis in the second intermediate host; (c) first intermediate host used as second ...
Robert Poulin, 2011
2
Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians
Both use copepods as the first intermediate host in which the oncosphere develops into a second larval stage called a procercoid. The second intermediate host may be a fish, amphibian, or reptile and supports development of the procercoid ...
Dwight D. Bowman, Jay R. Georgi, 2009
3
Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and ...
Similar precocity is reported in Hexametra angusticaecoides in chameleons ( intermediate host) and boas (final host) and in Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides of frogs (intermediate host) and night adders (final host). Anderson (1988) pointed ...
Roy C. Anderson, 2000
4
Parasites in Marine Systems
Their complex life cycle almost always involves a gastropod, less frequently a bivalve, as first intermediate host, in which larval stages (sporocysts or rediae) engage in the asexual production of cercariae, the next stage in the life cycle.
R. Poulin, Leslie H. Chappell, 2002
5
Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation
Repellents By limiting exposure to ectoparasites, repellents likewise reduce contact between the arthropod intermediate host and definitive host. Such repellency usually is limited to a matter of hours; for continued protection, frequent ...
Seymour Stanton Block, 2001
6
Manual of Exotic Pet Practice
At the time of this writing, the most recently recognized Sarcocystis spp. in the opossum is Sarcocystis speeri; immunodeficient mice, have been identified as an experimentally intermediate host.15 In short, the complete life cycles of S. neurona ...
Mark A. Mitchell, Thomas N. Tully, 2009
7
Hints to Poultrymen
Transmission of tapeworms is only by indirect means, that is, an intermediate host is always involved. The intermediate host feeding on a chicken dropping takes in tapeworm eggs which occur in the dropping singly or in masses as in a ...
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dept. of Poultry Husbandry, 1917
8
Parasites and Behaviour
Transactions of the Royal Society of London B329, 217-27. holmes, J. c. & bethel, w. m. (1972). Modification of intermediate host behaviour by parasites. In Behavioural Aspects of Parasite Transmission (eds. Canning, E. U. & Wright, C. A.) pp.
M. V. K. Sukhdeo, Leslie H. Chappell, 1994
9
The Trematoda
The Life Histories of the Trematoda 470 A. Monogenea 47° B. Digenea 472 I. One intermediate host only (i) Cercariae not encysting, but actively penetrating the definitive host, p. 472 (ii) Cercariae encysting on herbage after emergence from ...
Dawes, 1968
10
Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of ...
The intermediate host becomes infected by ingesting ova in fecally contaminated soil, food, water, or by feeding directly on the feces. The ovum hatches within the intestine of the arthropod intermediate host, releasing the acanthor that uses ...
Lynn Margulis, Michael J Chapman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERMEDIATE HOST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intermediate host is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Lake algae – safe or not?
An additional option is to use copper sulfate to kill the snails which are an intermediate host of the parasite. This requires a permit from the ... «Aitkin Independent Age, Jul 15»
2
MEEKS: It's no small matter to fight fleas on pets, in house
Besides sucking blood and causing allergic reactions, the cat flea can serve as the intermediate host of some tapeworms. Humans usually find ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Snail Trail for Parasites Expands
Giant African land snails, along with other species of snails and slugs, are an intermediate host for the rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode. «United States Geological Survey, Jul 15»
4
Cats Control Mice Through a Molecule Present In Their Urine
... Parasite Induced Trophic Transmission (PITT) and it enables the Toxoplasma parasite to get the intermediate host that it inhabits (the mouse) ... «Regal Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Swimmer's itch in Detroit Lake
Then the miracidium swim in search of an intermediate host, which can be one of four species of snail that inhabit shallow waters in Minnesota. «DL-Online, Jun 15»
6
Health Check: what bugs can you catch from your pets?
People usually become infected by accidentally swallowing the tapeworm eggs passed in dog faeces. A human acts as an intermediate host in ... «The Conversation AU, Jun 15»
7
Ticked Off--What We Don't Know About Lyme Disease
And the microclimate around the barberry also favors the tick's reproduction and that of the white footed mouse, an intermediate host in the ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
8
Westeros urgently needs an epidemiologist
Maybe there is an intermediate host, such as a mosquito, that can pick up the infectious agent from the reservoir and transfer it to a susceptible ... «IU Newsroom, Jun 15»
9
Inside the $105 million lab that wants to wipe out MERS and Ebola
Since camels are an accessible intermediate host, some groups have proposed vaccines for the hooved animals to prevent future spread to ... «PBS NewsHour, Jun 15»
10
425-Million-Year-Old Parasite Fossilized Mid-Invasion
... in the gut-respiratory system of humans, which the worms infect after a person eats an intermediate host, such as a fish, the researchers said. «Discovery News, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Intermediate host [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/intermediate-host>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z