"pathogen" meaning in English

See pathogen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pathogen.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pathogen.wav Forms: pathogens [plural]
Etymology: From patho- + -gen. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|patho|gen}} patho- + -gen Head templates: {{en-noun}} pathogen (plural pathogens)
  1. (pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus. Wikidata QID: Q170065 Wikipedia link: pathogen Categories (topical): Immunology, Pathology Synonyms: infectious agent Translations (any organism or substance that causes disease): sëmundjeshkaktues (Albanian), مسببات الأمراض (Arabic), болестотворен организъм (bolestotvoren organizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), patogen [masculine] (Catalan), 病原體 /病原体 (bìngyuántǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), patogen [masculine] (Czech), pathogeen (Dutch), ziektekiem [feminine] (Dutch), patogeeni (Finnish), taudinaiheuttaja (Finnish), pathogène (French), Krankheitserreger [masculine] (German), παθογόνος (pathogónos) [masculine] (Greek), פתוגן (patogen) [masculine] (Hebrew), kórokozó (Hungarian), patogén (Hungarian), pataigin [feminine] (Irish), patogeno [masculine] (Italian), agente patogeno [masculine] (Italian), 病原体 (byōgentai) (alt: びょうげんたい) (Japanese), 病原菌 (byōgenkin) (alt: びょうげんきん) [especially] (Japanese), ರೋಗಾಣು (rōgāṇu) (Kannada), патоген (patogen) (Kazakh), pathogenum [neuter] (Latin), patogēns [masculine] (Latvian), patogenas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ligos sukėlėjas [masculine] (Lithuanian), patogen (Malay), tukumate (Maori), moroiti tahumaero (Maori), hokara nexweşiyê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), tûşker (Northern Kurdish), patogen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), patogen [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), patogèn [masculine] (Occitan), بیماریزا (bimâri-zâ) (Persian), patogen (Polish), patógeno [masculine] (Portuguese), unquchiq (Quechua), agent patogen (Romanian), патоге́н (patogén) [masculine] (Russian), patogén (Slovak), patogen [masculine] (Slovene), patógeno [masculine] (Spanish), ᮊᮥᮙᮔ᮪ (kuman) (Sundanese), smittämne [neuter] (Swedish), patogen [common-gender] (Swedish), mulsakit (Tagalog), நோய்க்காரணி (nōykkāraṇi) (Tamil), వ్యాధికారకం (vyādhikārakaṁ) (Telugu), จุลชีพก่อโรค (Thai), patojen (Turkish), патоген (patohen) [masculine] (Ukrainian), mầm bệnh (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pathogen-en-noun-en:Q170065 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with patho-, English terms suffixed with -gen, Entries with translation boxes, Kannada terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tamil terms with redundant script codes, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kannada translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Quechua translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: immunology, medicine, pathology, sciences Derived forms: antipathogen, biopathogen, copathogen, endopathogen, enteropathogen, entomopathogen, exopathogen, hemopathogen, mycopathogen, neuropathogen, nonpathogen, odontopathogen, otopathogen, pathogenesis, pathogenic, pathogenous, pathogeny, periodontopathogen, periopathogen, phytopathogen, uropathogen, zoopathogen

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        "Terms with Sundanese translations",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "taudinaiheuttaja"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "pathogène"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "roman": "patogen",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "patogén"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patogeno"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "word": "patogēns"
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "patogen"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "tukumate"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "moroiti tahumaero"
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "word": "patogen"
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "patogen"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "patógeno"
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "unquchiq"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "agent patogen"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "patogén",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "patogén"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "patogen"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "patógeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "kuman",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "ᮊᮥᮙᮔ᮪"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "word": "patogen"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "mulsakit"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "nōykkāraṇi",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "நோய்க்காரணி"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vyādhikārakaṁ",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "వ్యాధికారకం"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "จุลชีพก่อโรค"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "patojen"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "patohen",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
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      "word": "патоген"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any organism or substance that causes disease",
      "word": "mầm bệnh"
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  ],
  "word": "pathogen"
}

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