Synset

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
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sample sentences

"mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"
"fleas are vectors of the plague"
"aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"
"when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

transmit

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

animal, creature, beast, animate being, brute, fauna microorganism, micro-organism

hypernym

agent

hyponym

transducing vector, gene delivery vector carrier, immune carrier