Pathogen

Noun CEFR B2

ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩

Definitions

An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.

Equivalents

Españolpatógeno

Françaispathogène

DeutschErreger Krankheitserreger

31 more languages

العربيةالسبب المرضي مسببات الأمراض

Bosanskipatogen патоген

Catalàpatogen

Češtinapatogen

Ελληνικάπαθογόνος

فارسیبیماری‌زا

Suomiaiheuttaja patogeeni taudinaiheuttaja

Gaeilgepataigin

עבריתפתוגן

हिन्दीरोगजनक रोगाणु

Hrvatskipatogen патоген

Magyarkórokozó patogén

Bahasa Indonesiabakteri patogen

Italianoagente patogeno patogeno

日本語病原体病原菌

Қазақ тіліпатоген

Bahasa Melayupatogen

Nederlandspathogeen ziektekiem

Portuguêspatógeno

Românăagent patogen

Русскийпатоген

Slovenčinapatogén

Српскиpatogen патоген

Svenskasmittämne

తెలుగువ్యాధికారకం

ไทยจุลชีพก่อโรค

Türkçepatojen

Українськапатоген

Tiếng Việtmầm bệnh

Examples

“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 ⟳ a variety of suspect ⟳ zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect ⟳ humans.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

pathogene pathogeneity Pathogenesis pathogenetics Pathogenic pathogenicity

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