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pathogen
[ path-uh-juhn, ‑-Âá±ð²Ô ]
noun
- any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.
pathogen
/ ˈpæθəˌdÊ’iËn; ˈpæθəˌdÊ’É›n /
noun
- any agent that can cause disease
pathogen
/ ±èă³Ù³ó′ə-ÂáÉ™²Ô /
- An agent that causes infection or disease, especially a microorganism, such as a bacterium or protozoan, or a virus.
- See Note at germ
pathogen
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·±è²¹³Ù³óo·²µ±ð²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
Programs that offer clean syringes to intravenous drug users have been shown to prevent the spread of hepatitis and other blood-borne pathogens.
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.
“Decreased funding and inability to collaborate with international organizations will lead to increased threats from emerging pathogens,†including Ebola, mpox and Zika virus, Vaughan said.
It was as if talking money, and earning it, would act as a vaccine that endowed our family with immunity against all those nasty lethal airborne pathogens.
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