Assertion: tapeworm's host | /r/HasProperty | organism
Facets:
value: in biology
type: OTHER
value: in medicine
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In biology and medicine, a host is an organism that harbours a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont), the guest typically being provided with nourishment and shelter.
text: Definitive or primary host - an organism in which the parasite reaches maturity and reproduces sexually, if possible.
text: Secondary or intermediate host - an organism that harbors the sexually immature parasite and is required by the parasite to undergo development and complete its life cycle.
text: Dead-end , incidental , or accidental host - an organism that generally does not allow transmission to the definitive host, thereby preventing the parasite from completing its development.