xenodiagnosis
noun
xe·no·di·ag·no·sis
ˌze-nō-ˌdī-ig-ˈnō-səs 
ˌzē-
ˌzē-
: the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding a suitable intermediate host (such as an insect) on supposedly infected material (such as blood) and later examining the host for the parasite
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xenodiagnosis
noun
xe·no·di·ag·no·sis
ˌzen-ō-ˌdī-ig-ˈnō-səs
ˌzēn-
ˌzēn-
plural xenodiagnoses
-ˌsēz
: the detection of a parasite (as of humans) by feeding supposedly infected material (as blood) to a suitable intermediate host (as an insect) and later examining the intermediate host for the parasite
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