n, pl  -no*ses   :  the detection of a parasite by feeding test material (as blood) from a suspected host (as a human) to a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) and later examining the intermediate host for the parasite xe*no*di*ag*nos*tic adj 
 
   
 
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