pathogen

Noun

Meaning

any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bacillus disease plague parasite agent bacteria illness infection sickness bug bacterium germ ailment microorganism microbe

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Antonyms

health fitness healthiness salubrity eupepsia physical fitness

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Hypernyms

microorganism micro-organism infectious agent infective agent

Phrases with the word

intracellular pathogen pathogen attack chestnut tree pathogen fungal infection caused by pathogen fungi foodborne pathogen leaf pathogen

Anagrams

heptagon

Examples

As a planet, we are at risk of destruction (for example, gradually by the warming of the planet; or rapidly, by nuclear war or a pathogen that gets out of control). And these threats require us to work together, and not just to announce our diversity. Howard Gardner

Futurism is almost like a vaccination. You inject a little bit of a denatured pathogen to prepare your body in case you encounter it for real. Jamais Cascio

10. Rare illness that affects a large, disparate population (respiratory disease might suggest the pathogen or agent was inhaled). Source: Internet

A 2013 review found (without restrictions regarding publication date, study type or language) 295 cases of infections; mycobacterium was the pathogen in at least 96%. Source: Internet

Adaptive (or acquired) immunity creates immunological memory after an initial response to a specific pathogen, leading to an enhanced response to subsequent encounters with that same pathogen. Source: Internet

Another 60,000 death certificates listed pneumonia as the cause of death but did not specify which pathogen triggered the condition. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pathoetiological pathoetiology pathofunction pathogen attack pathogen eliminator pathogene