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Pathogen

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pathogen"

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Word	Definition
infectious	(pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
virusnoun	A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
pathogenicitynoun	The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
pathogenic	(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathogenesisnoun	The origin and development of a disease.
pathologic	(dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
pathological	(medicine) Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder.
diseasenoun	(medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
bioweaponnoun	Any weapon designed to be used in biological warfare.
organismnoun	(biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
coevolutionnoun	(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.
fungalnoun	(archaic) A fungus.
fungusnoun	(mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
mushroomnoun	Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
causativenoun	(grammar) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
causalnoun	(grammar) A word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause.
agentnoun	One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
consignmentnoun	The sale of one's own goods (clothing, furniture, etc.) through a third-party vendor, in exchange for a portion of the sale price, and with the consigner retaining ownership of the goods until they are sold or abandoned.
microorganismnoun	(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye; especially, a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
infectious agentnoun	Synonym of pathogen.