Pathogen

/ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/

Synonyms for "pathogen" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Adjective(1 words)
causative agent
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (20)

Noun(10 words)
contaminantsdisease agentdisease causingdisease causing agentgermhivinfectantinfectious agentinvaderinvaders
disease-producing microorganismechovirusenterovirusfilterable virusfungusgermgram-negative bacteriagram-positive bacteriamicrobe
Adjective(1 words)
farm organism

Related words (33)

Noun(7 words)
microbeoomycete plant-pathogenicparasitesplant pathogenprotozoan parasitestaphylococcus aureusviruses lesson
Adjective(6 words)
microbicmicroscopic organismpathogenic bacteriumpathogenic microbepathogenic organismvirulent microbe

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
biological agentdisease agentinfectious agentinfective agentmicro-organismmicroorganism

More specific

4 entries

Collocations

6 entries
pathogen detectionpathogen exposurepathogen loadpathogen sourcepathogen spreadpathogen transmission

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Have I been exposed to the pathogen?

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And, while they found the pathogen Serratia marcescens in these other animals, the genetic analysis showed that only the strain from human sewage matched the strain found in white pox diseased corals on the reef.

Source: tatoeba (11050310)

But unlike White-nose syndrome or chytrid disease, in which a single pathogen has wiped out millions of creatures across vast distances, Goldberg does not think a single germ is responsible for all the mussel die-offs.

Source: tatoeba (11050448)

The new blood test promises to provide that speedy diagnosis. Investigators say it can tell within hours whether someone is infected with mycobacterium, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.

Source: tatoeba (12252564)

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