Pathogen

Noun

 * 1)  Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.

Derived terms

 * pathogenic
 * pathogenesis
 * pathogenous
 * pathogeny

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From.

Translations

 * Albanian: sëmundjeshkaktues
 * Catalan: patogen
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bìngyuántǐ)
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Greek: παθογόνος
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, agente patogeno
 * Japanese: 病原体, 病原菌
 * Spanish: patógeno
 * Turkish:

Anagrams

 * heptagon
 * phone tag