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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpæθədʒɛn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpæθədʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(path′ə jən, -jen′)

path•o•gen /ˈpæθədʒən, -ˌdʒɛn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Microbiologyany disease-producing agent, esp. a microorganism.

path•o•gen•ic, adj. See -path-, -gen-.

path•o•gen (path′ə jən, -jen′),USA pronunciation n.

Microbiologyany disease-producing agent, esp. a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism.

patho- + -gen 1940–45

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pathogen /ˈpæθəˌdʒɛn/, pathogene /ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn/ n

any agent that can cause disease

'pathogen' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

PEP - PrEP - Andromeda strain - autoinfection - biohazard - biological control - chlorosis - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - median lethal dose - nonpathogenic - pathogenicity

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