媒介生物

méijiè shēngwù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 vector organism (epidemiology)
  2. 2 disease vector

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wénzi shì nüèjí de zhǔyào méijiè shēngwù.
Mosquitoes are the main vector organism for malaria.
HSK 7-9
Kòngzhì méijiè shēngwù shì yùfáng chuánrǎnbìng de guānjiàn.
Controlling vector organisms is key to preventing infectious diseases.

Tips

usage
媒介 means 'medium' or 'go-between' in general Chinese (as in media). In epidemiology it has the narrow technical sense of 'vector': the animal that carries a pathogen between hosts (mosquitoes, ticks, rats).

Stroke Order

méi
jiè
shēng