媒介生物

méijiè shēngwù
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

Wénzi shì nüèjí de zhǔyào méijiè shēngwù.
Mosquitoes are the main vector organism for malaria.
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 (cf. 媒介 = 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