Disease causing agent

Synonyms for "disease causing agent" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
causative factorcontaminatedisease trigger

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
disease-causingdisease-producingetiologic agentgerm

Related words (7)

Adjective(1 words)
pathogenic microbe

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries
adjectivebiological agentcausal factorcause illnessdescriptive termdescriptorhazardmicroorganism

More specific

13 entries
bacteriabacterialbacterial infectionchemical agentfungalfungusparasiteparasitic infectionradiationtoxinviralviral infectionvirus

Collocations

16 entries
bacterial infectionchemical hazarddisease causing agent exposuredisease transmissiongerm exposureinfectious agentinfectious diseaseparasitic infectionpathogen transmissionpathogenic agentpathogenic bacteriapathogenic fungipathogenic strainpathogenic virustoxin exposureviral infection

Inflections

6 entries
disease causing agentsinfectedinfectinginfectsmore pathogenicmost pathogenic

Derivations

13 entries

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