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acc299 · **on:** Jul 18, 2018

What is a host? What is an intermediate host?

Question 2

What is a parasite?

triiciiaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 18, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A host is the organism on which or within which the parasite lives and from which it derives its sustenance
(food or nourishment). An intermediate host is a host that a parasitic organism lives on or in during an
immature stage.

Answer to Question 2

Parasites are organisms that live on or within another organism or host and derive their sustenance (food or
nourishment) from the host.