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pathogene

pathogene is the dated form of pathogen.

Meaning of pathogen

Noun

pathogen (plural pathogens)

  1. An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
    • In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature, David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study...2013 January, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2017, page 64

Forms of pathogene

pluralpathogenes

Origin of pathogene

From patho- + -gene.

Questions about pathogene

What is pathogene the dated form of?
Pathogene is the dated form of pathogen.

Words near pathogene in the dictionary

  1. pathoetiologies
  2. pathoetiology
  3. pathofunction
  4. pathofunctions
  5. pathogen
  6. pathogene
  7. pathogeneity
  8. pathogenes
  9. pathogeneses
  10. pathogenesis
  11. pathogenesy

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