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- [path-uh-juh n, ‐jen]
- /ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‐ˌdʒɛn/
- /ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [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
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Parts of speech for Pathogen
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pronoun
preposition
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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".
pathogen usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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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