pathogen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From patho- + -gen. Second element ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“lineage”) through Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “birth”)
Meanings
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An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
2013 January 14, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pathogens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
entomopathogen · uropathogen · allopathogen · periodontopathogen · zoopathogen · neuropathogen · nonpathogen · copathogen · immunopathogen · enteropathogen · endopathogen · hemopathogen · pathogenic · biopathogen · pathogenous · pathogenesis · periopathogen · oncopathogen · sinopathogen · mycopathogen · otopathogen · antipathogen · phytopathogen · micropathogen · pathogeny · multipathogen · odontopathogen · exopathogen
Hypernyms
Relateds
pathologic · pathologization · pathological · pathosis · pathology · pathologically
Synonyms
Translations (57)
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