xenodiagnoses
/ˌzɛnoʊˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsiz/
noun
- A method of diagnosing an infectious disease by allowing a vector (such as an insect) to feed on a patient and then examining the vector for the presence of the disease-causing organism.
- The researchers used xenodiagnoses to detect the parasite in the patient's blood.
- In tropical medicine, xenodiagnoses can help identify infections that are hard to find with standard tests.
- The lab performed xenodiagnoses by exposing clean insects to the patient's blood sample.