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copathogens

copathogens is the plural of copathogen.

Meaning of copathogen

Noun

copathogen (plural copathogens)

  1. A pathogen coexistent with another in the same host, yielding coinfection.
    • Although Enterobacteriaceae were the most common copathogens identified overall, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common copathogen in bloodstream infections.1989, Philip A. Mackowiak, “The enterococci: evidence of species-specific clinical and microbiologic heterogeneity”, in American Journal of the Medical Sciences, volume 297, number 4, →DOI, →PMID...

Questions about copathogens

What is copathogens the plural of?
Copathogens is the plural of copathogen.

Words near copathogens in the dictionary

  1. copatentee
  2. copatentees
  3. copathogen
  4. copathogenesis
  5. copathogenic
  6. copathogens
  7. copathologic
  8. copathologies
  9. copathology
  10. copatient
  11. copatients

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