transmitter
trans·mit·ter
noun
2.
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”
- “aphids are transmitters of plant diseases”
- “when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects”
Origin
From transmit + -er.
Phrases
- arc transmitter
- carbon transmitter
- emergency location transmitter
- emergency locator transmitter
- infinity transmitter
- radio transmitter
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