媒介生物

méijiè shēngwù

noun

Meanings

1 vector organism (epidemiology)
2 disease vector

Characters

matchmaker, medium

thing, creature

Examples

HSK 6

控制媒介生物是预防传染病的关键。

Kòngzhì méijiè shēngwù shì yùfáng chuánrǎnbìng de guānjiàn.

Controlling vector organisms is key to preventing infectious diseases.

HSK 7-9

蚊子是疟疾的主要媒介生物。

Wénzi shì nüèji de zhǔyào méijiè shēngwù.

Mosquitoes are the main vector organism for malaria.

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

媒 méi

介 jiè

生 shēng

物 wù