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pathogen

path·o·gen
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [path-uh-juh n, ‐jen]
    • /ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‐ˌdʒɛn/
    • /ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [path-uh-juh n, ‐jen]
    • /ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‐ˌdʒɛn/

Definitions of pathogen word

  • noun pathogen any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism. 1
  • noun pathogen sth that causes disease 1
  • countable noun pathogen A pathogen is any organism which can cause disease in a person, animal, or plant. 0
  • noun pathogen any agent that can cause disease 0
  • noun pathogen any agent, esp. a microorganism, able to cause disease 0

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Origin of pathogen

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; patho- + -gen

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pathogen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pathogen popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for pathogen

noun pathogen

  • antibodies — any of numerous Y -shaped protein molecules produced by B cells as a primary immune defense, each molecule and its clones having a unique binding site that can combine with the complementary site of a foreign antigen, as on a virus or bacterium, thereby disabling the antigen and signaling other immune defenses. Abbreviation: Ab.
  • antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
  • bacilli — bacillus
  • bacillus — A bacillus is any bacterium that has a long, thin shape.
  • bacterium — Bacterium is the singular of bacteria.

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