Definitions for pathogen
ˈpæθ ə dʒən, -ˌdʒɛnpathogen

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pathogennoun

   any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. pathogennoun

   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.

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1. pathogen

   A pathogen is a microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, fungus, or parasite, that has the potential to cause disease or illness in a host organism, such as a plant, animal, or human. The severity of the disease can vary greatly, depending on the host's immune system and the virulence of the pathogen.

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1. Pathogen

   A pathogen or infectious agent is a microorganism—in the widest sense, such as a virus, bacterium, prion, or fungus—that causes disease in its host. The host may be an animal, a plant, or even another microorganism. There are several substrates including pathways whereby pathogens can invade a host. The principal pathways have different episodic time frames, but soil contamination has the longest or most persistent potential for harboring a pathogen. Diseases caused by organisms in humans are known as pathogenic diseases. Some of the diseases that a pathogen can cause are smallpox, influenza, mumps, measles, chickenpox, ebola and rubella. Not all pathogens are necessarily undesirable to humans. In entomology, pathogens are one of the "Three P's" that serve as natural or introduced biological controls to suppress arthropod pest populations.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pathogen

   A disease producing microorganism that directly attacks human tissue and biological processes.

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1. • Infectious Agent
   • Microorganism

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pathogen in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pathogen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pathogen in a Sentence

1. Shi Zhengli:

   The unknown viruses that we have discovered are actually just the tip of the iceberg, if we want to protect humans from viruses or avoid a second outbreak of new infectious diseases, we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and then give early warnings. If we dont study [ the viruses ], there will possibly be another outbreak, she added. Shi Zhengli is seen inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, on February 23, 2017. ( AFP via Getty Images) A renowned virologist, Shi is best known for her work with bat coronaviruses at her lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology( WIV). She discovered the natural bat reservoir for the SARS pathogen that spread in southern China from 2002 to 2003. Rumors in mid-April claimed that Shi had been.

2. Andrew Cunningham:

   It's easy to point the finger at the host species, but actually it's the way we interact with them that has led to the pandemic spread of the pathogen.

3. Claudia Riegel:

   If you see a rat, you should assume it has some sort of pathogen.

4. Hannes Schroeder:

   Our ancestors lived in a different environment and had a different lifestyle and diet, and it is therefore interesting to find out how this is reflected in their microbiome,' it can help us understand how pathogens have evolved and spread over time, and what makes them particularly virulent in a given environment. At the same time, it may help predict how a pathogen will behave in the future, and how it might be contained or eradicated.

5. Venko Filipce:

   The patient tested positive for coronavirus... She is the first patient in North Macedonia to have tested positive for this pathogen.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pathogen
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pathogen
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=pathogen
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf