pathogen
pronunciation
How to pronounce pathogen in British English:
UK [ˈpæθədʒən]
How to pronounce pathogen in American English:
US [ˈpæθədʒən]
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- Noun:
- any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
Word Origin
- pathogen (n.)
- 1880, a back-formation from pathogenic.
Example
- 1. That is not a bad strategy for a pathogen .
- 2. Sometimes trichoderma is a pathogen .
- 3. But other forms of the deadly pathogen still plague victims today .
- 4. Fli researchers have already sequenced the genome of the new pathogen .
- 5. Here , the pathogen that causes lyme disease is shown in human blood .