媒ばい介かい物ぶつ

noun

medium; agency

General term for something that acts as an intermediary or means of transmission, such as a medium for communication, a carrier of information, or an agent that facilitates a process.

• 言げん語ごはコミュニケーションの媒ばい介かい物ぶつである。

  Language is a medium of communication.

• 空くう気きは音おとの媒ばい介かい物ぶつとして働はたらく。

  Air acts as a medium for sound.

noun

carrier; vector; fomite

Medical/epidemiological use: an organism or object that transmits a pathogen. 媒介物 can refer to a biological vector like a mosquito, or an inanimate object (fomite) that carries infectious agents.

• 蚊かはマラリアの媒ばい介かい物ぶつである。

  Mosquitoes are vectors of malaria.

• 汚お染せんされたタオルが感かん染せんの媒ばい介かい物ぶつとなった。

  Contaminated towels became a fomite for the infection.