Search Result for "pathogen":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pathogen \Path"o*gen\, Pathogene \Path"o*gene\, n. [See Pathogenic.] (Biol.) Any microorganism which causes disease; a pathogenic organism; an infectious microorganism; a bacterium, virus, or other agent which can cause disease by infection; -- opposed to zymogene. The spelling pathogene is now archaic. [1913 Webster + PJC]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "pathogen": adenovirus, aerobe, aerobic bacteria, amoeba, anaerobe, anaerobic bacteria, bacillus, bacteria, bacterium, bug, coccus, disease-producing microorganism, echovirus, enterovirus, filterable virus, fungus, germ, gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria, microbe, microorganism, mold, nonfilterable virus, picornavirus, protozoa, protozoon, reovirus, rhinovirus, rickettsia, spirillum, spirochete, spore, staphylococcus, streptococcus, trypanosome, vibrio, virus
