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Pathogen vs Antipathogenic - What's the difference?

pathogen | antipathogenic |

As a noun pathogen

is (pathology|immunology) 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.

As an adjective antipathogenic is

that acts against pathogens.

pathogen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology, immunology) 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.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Katie L. Burke , title=Ecological Dependency , volume=101, issue=1, page=64 , magazine= citation , passage=In his first book since the 2008 essay collection Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature , David Quammen looks at the natural world from yet another angle: the search for the next human pandemic, what epidemiologists call “the next big one.” His quest leads him around the world to study a variety of suspect zoonoses—animal-hosted pathogens that infect humans.}}

    Derived terms

    * pathogenic * pathogenesis * pathogenous * pathogeny

    Anagrams

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    antipathogenic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * anti-pathogenic

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That acts against pathogens