Definitions for pathogens

pathogens path·o·gen

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

Pathogens is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 687 anagrams from letters in pathogens (aeghnopst).

Definitions for pathogens

noun

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

Origin of pathogens

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

Examples for pathogens

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.

What it does is it breaks down the immune system and creates openings for pathogens.

We no longer are dealing with pathogens, we are dealing with Superbugs.

The pathogens always will win, though we can feel good now and again having won a battle.

It gets more and more difficult to remove the pathogens through hand washing.

I paged through descriptions of the dead cities that pathogens had left behind.

However, this practice does potentially expose hunters to the pathogens carried on these animals.

Word Value for pathogens
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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