pathogen

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Etymology

From patho- + -gen.

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

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) Romanian: agent patogen (ro) Spanish: patógeno (es) m. Turkish: patojen (tr)

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