Pathogen

English

Noun

Pathogen (plural Pathogens)

1. (pathology, immunology) 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.

Derived terms

• pathogenic
• pathogenesis
• pathogenous
• pathogeny

Thesaurus

adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug, coccus, disease-producing microorganism, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, fungus, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, microbe, microorganism, mold, nonfilterable virus, picornavirus, protozoa, protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, spirillum, spirochete, spore, staphylococcus, streptococcus, trypanosome, vibrio, virus

Etymology

From patho- + -gen.

Translations

an organism or substance that causes disease

Albanian: sëmundjeshkaktues (sq) Catalan: patogen (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 病原體, simpl. 病原体 (bìngyuántǐ) Finnish: patogeeni (fi), taudinaiheuttaja (fi) French: pathogénique (fr)

Greek: παθογόνος (el) (pathogonos) m. Hungarian: kórokozó (hu),patogén (hu) Italian: patogeno (it) m., agente patogeno (it) m. Japanese: 病原体 (ja) (byōgentai), 病原菌 (ja) (byōgenkin) (especially for microorganism) Spanish: patógeno (es) m. Turkish: patojen (tr)

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