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pathogen

[ path-uh-juhn, ‑- ]

noun

  1. any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.


pathogen

/ ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn; ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn /

noun

  1. any agent that can cause disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pathogen

  1. An agent that causes infection or disease, especially a microorganism, such as a bacterium or protozoan, or a virus.
  2. See Note at germ

pathogen

  1. A disease-causing agent. Microorganisms , viruses , and toxins are examples of pathogens.
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Other Word Forms

  • t·貹ٳo· noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pathogen1

First recorded in 1940–45; patho- + -gen
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But the country's glaciers melted, and as they did, it revealed huge numbers of pathogens in the melting ice.

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Tucked away on an industrial estate in Essex is a building that could one day house some of the world's deadliest pathogens.

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An insidious but lesser-known consequence of even a mild measles infection is that it kills the very cells that remember which pathogens the patient has previously fought and how those battles were won.

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Programs that offer clean syringes to intravenous drug users have been shown to prevent the spread of hepatitis and other blood-borne pathogens.

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For Cole, that meant walking away from her work on a Centers for Disease Control system to track dangerous illnesses and pathogens and prevent their spread.

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