Pathogen

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  • noun. An agent that causes disease, especially a virus, bacterium, or fungus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any microorganism which causes disease; a pathogenic organism; an infectious microorganism; a bacterium, virus, or other agent which can cause disease by infection; -- opposed to zymogene. The spelling pathogene is now archaic.
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  • noun. Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.
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  • noun. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
    • Word Usage
    "More people than just me immediately thought of Michael Crichton’s The Andromeda Strain, in which a deadly pathogen is brought to Earth from space."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    zymogene  
    Equivalent
    pathogene  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    infectious agent  infective agent  microorganism  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    earwax  extacy  liscom  mastorm  point-down  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adenovirus  aerobe  aerobic bacteria  amoeba  anaerobe  
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