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Meaning of Pathogen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Català patogen
Čeština patogen
Ελληνικά παθογόνος
Español patógeno
فارسی بیماری‌زا
Français pathogène
Gaeilge pataigin
עברית פתוגן
Bahasa Indonesia bakteri patogen
日本語 病原体 病原菌
Қазақша патоген
Bahasa Melayu patogen
Nederlands pathogeen ziektekiem
Polski patogen
Português patógeno
Română agent patogen
Русский патоген
Slovenčina patogén
Svenska smittämne
Türkçe patojen
Українська патоген
Tiếng Việt mầm 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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