Definition of pathogen in English:
pathogen
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noun
MedicineA bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
‘Symptoms and signs of influenza in children are not specific and can mimic a range of other common respiratory viral pathogens.’- ‘Such changes may also happen within a class, especially for bacterial pathogens.’
- ‘A part of the stool sample was processed for the detection of bacterial pathogens.’
- ‘These, similarly, do not support combination therapy for specific pathogens, when detected.’
- ‘Pattern recognition receptors recognise structures common to many microbial pathogens.’
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