host body
Organism housing another
A host body is an organism that harbors a parasite, pathogen, or symbiotic creature—the physical vessel in which another entity lives or feeds.
In science fiction and horror, the term often describes a body taken over by an alien, demon, or consciousness: The parasite needed a host body to survive.
The phrase emphasizes the body as container rather than person.
- organismLiving biological entity
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- carrierOne that transports
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
immune response · immune · white blood cells · cells · invasion · transplant · rejection · flesh · living · tissue · puppet · possession · inhabit · take over · colonize · leech · tapeworm · zombie
- body swappingmind transfer, soul transfer, transference, vessel, inhabiting
- possesseddemoniac, vessel, thrall, zombie
- Hostsemcee, MC, master of ceremonies, compere, toastmaster
- exorcismexorcism, exorcist, demon, possession, possessed