Vector

noun

'vɛktər

Noun

any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
“mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever”
“fleas are vectors of the plague”
“when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects”
Similar:Transmitter
Type of:Agent
a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction
a variable quantity that can be resolved into components
Type of:Variable
(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell
Type of:Virus