Pathogen vs Infect - What's the difference?
pathogen | infect |
(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.
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To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
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(obsolete) Infected.
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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 a verb infect is
to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).As a adjective infect is
(obsolete) infected.pathogen
English
Noun
(en noun)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 * pathogenyAnagrams
* *infect
English
Verb
(en verb)Katie L. Burke
In the News, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.}}
Antonyms
* disinfectDerived terms
* infection * infectibleAdjective
(-)- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect .