Pathogen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pathogen is a noun meaning (pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
Meaning
(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
Example Sentences
In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.
Word Forms
- pathogens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include infectious, virus, pathogenicity, pathogenic, pathogenesis, pathologic.
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