host organism

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• host — host1 [hōst] n. [ME hoste < OFr hoiste < ML(Ec) hostia, consecrated host < L, animal sacrificed, prob. < hostire, to recompense, requite] 1. a wafer of the bread used in a Eucharistic service 2. [H ] a consecrated Eucharistic wafer… …   English World dictionary

• host — (hōst) The body of an organism that harbors another organism. It can be viewed as a microenvironment that shelters and supports the growth and multiplication of a parasitic organism …   Dictionary of microbiology

• Host — Host(s) may refer to:In Christianity: * Heavenly host, an army of good angels in Heaven * Host (Holy Communion), bread in the EucharistIn culture: * Host (event), a television or radio show presenter * Host (album), a 1999 album by the band… …   Wikipedia

• Host factor — is a medical term referring to the traits of an individual person or animal that affect susceptibility to disease, especially in comparison to other individuals. The term arose in the context of infectious disease research, in contrast to… …   Wikipedia

• HOST, DESECRATION OF — HOST, DESECRATION OF, alleged profanation of the wafer consecrated in the Roman Catholic ceremony of the Eucharist, and believed in the Catholic doctrine of Transubstantiation to become thereby the actual body of Jesus. The doctrine was first… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Host — (h[=o]st), n. [OE. host, ost, OF. hoste, oste, F. h[^o]te, from L. hospes a stranger who is treated as a guest, he who treats another as his guest, a hostl prob. fr. hostis stranger, enemy (akin to E. guest a visitor) + potis able; akin to Skr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• host cell — host cell, an animal or plant cell in which a parasitic or commensal organism, as a virus, lives …   Useful english dictionary

• Organism — life on Earth redirects here. For the BBC series, see Life on Earth (TV series). Life on Earth Temporal range: Archaean or earlier – Recent These Escherichia coli cells provide an example of a prokaryotic microorganism …   Wikipedia

• Host — In medicine and biology, the host can be a number of different things, including: {{}}The organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter; An organism or cell culture in which a virus can replicate itself; and The transplant… …   Medical dictionary

• Host (biology) — In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a parasite, or a mutual or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter. In botany, a host plant is one that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other… …   Wikipedia

• host — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. multitude, throng, mass, horde, army, legion, array; element; innkeeper, boniface, hostess. See combatant, rite, sociality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who entertains] Syn. entertainer, toastmaster,… …   English dictionary for students