Definitions for pathogen

pathogen path·o·gen

Spelling: [path-uh-juh n, ‐jen]
IPA: /ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‐ˌdʒɛn/

Pathogen is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in pathogen (aeghnopt).

Definitions for pathogen

noun

  1. any disease-producing agent, especially a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.

Origin of pathogen

First recorded in 1940-45; patho- + -gen

Examples for pathogen

The bacterium is technically a pathogen, so the USDA looks at it.

“The mosquito is really wily, but the pathogen is even more wily,” she says.

When I started the job in 1992 it was well established as a pathogen, and that was the end of pink burgers for you and for me.

pathogen′esis, Pathog′eny, mode of production or development of disease.

pathogenet′ic, pathogen′ic, Pathog′enous, producing disease.

This last capability of the virus appears to be how the pathogen is spreading between farms in different states.

The 2001 anthrax letter attacks were carried out with 15 grams of the pathogen.

Most human infections are contracted by inhaling, ingesting, or inoculating a pathogen.

Word Value for pathogen
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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