suscept

suscept — 名詞

1. a living creature that a parasite or disease-causing agent can invade and live i

1.名詞C2
釋義

易感宿主

易受寄生蟲或病原體感染的生物

a living creature that a parasite or disease-causing agent can invade and live inside or feed on

例句

Dr. Adaeze identified the freshwater snail as a suscept for the liver fluke.

Adaeze 博士指出，淡水蝸牛是肝吸蟲的易感宿主。

identified + as + suscept

Stressed farm animals are more likely to become suscepts for internal worms.

處於壓力下的農場動物更容易成為體內寄生蟲的易感宿主。

become suscepts — plural form

同義詞
  • host

    more general term — a suscept is always a host, but a host may or may not be susceptible

  • potential host

    emphasises that the organism is a candidate for infection rather than already carrying a parasite

反義詞
  • immune host

    an organism that carries a parasite but cannot be infected by it

用法筆記

A suscept is a specific type of host that is vulnerable to (can be infected by) a given parasite. Not every host is a suscept — an immune carrier may harbour a parasite without being susceptible, so it is a host but not a suscept.

常見錯誤

❌Every host is also a suscept.
✅A suscept is a host that can be infected, but a host may carry a parasite without being susceptible.
💡A suscept has no resistance to the infection; not all hosts lack resistance.