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pathogen

[ path-uh-juhn, ‑-jen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

pathogen

/ ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn; ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn /

pathogen

/ păth′ə-jən /

An agent that causes infection or disease, especially a microorganism, such as a bacterium or protozoan, or a virus.
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pathogen

A disease-causing agent. Microorganisms , viruses , and toxins are examples of pathogens.

First recorded in 1940–45; patho- + -gen

This last capability of the virus appears to be how the pathogen is spreading between farms in different states.

Most human infections are contracted by inhaling, ingesting, or inoculating a pathogen.

The bacterium is technically a pathogen, so the USDA looks at it.

“The mosquito is really wily, but the pathogen is even more wily,” she says.

Malaria is a shape-shifter, like HIV, always reshuffling the deck to make a new pathogen.

Pathogen′esis, Pathog′eny, mode of production or development of disease.

Pathogenet′ic, Pathogen′ic, Pathog′enous, producing disease.

From these field and laboratory studies, it was concluded that the wilting and stunting were not produced by a plant pathogen.

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