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US
/ˈpæθədʒən/
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[ UK /pˈæθədʒən/ ]
[ UK /pˈæθədʒən/ ]
NOUN
- any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
How To Use pathogen In A Sentence
- This paper summarized Ectropis obliqua Prout s biological control researches from the point of mass rearing, pathogenic natural enemy, predator, parasitoid and pheromone.
- … Others can only be identified with a microscope, such as the majority of protozoa [single-celled animals], certain blood filariae [small larvae of pathogen parasites in the blood vessels], and the trichinae. Modern Science in the Bible
- The fungi also coat tree roots, protecting against microbial pathogens and drought.
- A growing body of evidence supports the supposition that the quantitative depletion of mtDNA, once thought to be a consequence of type 2 diabetes, could be a causative factor in pathogenesis.
- [Phages] are specific to a particular bacterial strain, so researchers will have to isolate and culture a phage for every potential coral pathogen, which isn't feasible. Global warming takes a toll on coral reefs
- Gastric acid is the primary barrier against orally ingested enteric pathogens, and a major regulator of small bowel flora.
- It purportedly screens for pathogens involved in disease or biowarfare.
- Mostly because abortion, labor, surgical operation or not clean sexual behavior come cervix uteri's damnification, the pathogen penetration comes the infection.
- This might reflect the fact that the pathogenesis of chronic allergic rhinosinusitis might differ from that of nonallergic chronic rhinosinusitis.
- Therefore, a composition, and methods thereof, that modulates and inhibits IL-10 activity can alter the development and sustainment of autoimmune disease and related symptoms and ameliorate or reduce pathogen-associated immunopathology. FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 07/22/2010