host
n 1 : a living animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives - see DEFINITIVE HOST INTERMEDIATE HOST 2 : the larger, stronger, or dominant one of a commensal or symbiotic pair 3 a : an individual into which a tissue or part is transplanted from another b : an individual in whom an abnormal growth (as a cancer) is proliferating .
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