host cell

(biology) A living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).

Japanese Meaning

（生物学）ウイルスや細菌などの感染因子を宿す生きた細胞

The virus replicates inside the host cell before spreading to neighboring tissues.

ウイルスは近隣の組織へ広がる前に宿主細胞内で複製します。

Sense（1）

(biology) A living cell which harbours an infectious agent (such as a virus or bacterium).

Host cells are forced to produce thousands of copies of the original virus.

host cells

（ plural ）