Difference between revisions of "definitive host"

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|label=definitive host
|definition=One in which the terminal (frequently sexual) stage of the parasite occurs; [[primary host]].
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|definition=One in which the [[terminal]] (frequently sexual) [[stage]] of the [[parasite]] occurs; [[primary host]].
 
|see also=[[intermediate host]]
 
|see also=[[intermediate host]]
 
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Revision as of 23:31, 13 September 2013

definitive host: One in which the terminal (frequently sexual) stage of the parasite occurs; primary host.

See also: intermediate host