pathogen
English
Etymology
From patho- + -gen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpæθəd͡ʒn̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: path‧o‧gen
Noun
pathogen (plural pathogens)
- (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.
- 2013 January 1, Katie L. Burke, “Ecological Dependency”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 9 February 2017, retrieved 9 May 2013, page 64:
- 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.
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Derived terms
- antipathogen
- biopathogen
- copathogen
- endopathogen
- enteropathogen
- entomopathogen
- exopathogen
- hemopathogen
- mycopathogen
- neuropathogen
- nonpathogen
- odontopathogen
- otopathogen
- pathogenesis
- pathogenesis
- pathogenic
- pathogenous
- pathogeny
- periodontopathogen
- periopathogen
- phytopathogen
- uropathogen
- zoopathogen
Translations
any organism or substance that causes disease
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Anagrams
- heptagon, phone tag
German
Etymology
From πάθος (páthos, “suffering, pain”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”). Equivalent to patho- + -gen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpatoˈɡeːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pa‧tho‧gen
Adjective
pathogen (strong nominative masculine singular pathogener, comparative pathogener, superlative am pathogensten)
- pathogenic
- Synonym: krankheitserregend
Declension
Positive forms of pathogen
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist pathogen | sie ist pathogen | es ist pathogen | sie sind pathogen | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | pathogener | pathogene | pathogenes | pathogene |
genitive | pathogenen | pathogener | pathogenen | pathogener | |
dative | pathogenem | pathogener | pathogenem | pathogenen | |
accusative | pathogenen | pathogene | pathogenes | pathogene | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der pathogene | die pathogene | das pathogene | die pathogenen |
genitive | des pathogenen | der pathogenen | des pathogenen | der pathogenen | |
dative | dem pathogenen | der pathogenen | dem pathogenen | den pathogenen | |
accusative | den pathogenen | die pathogene | das pathogene | die pathogenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein pathogener | eine pathogene | ein pathogenes | (keine) pathogenen |
genitive | eines pathogenen | einer pathogenen | eines pathogenen | (keiner) pathogenen | |
dative | einem pathogenen | einer pathogenen | einem pathogenen | (keinen) pathogenen | |
accusative | einen pathogenen | eine pathogene | ein pathogenes | (keine) pathogenen |
Comparative forms of pathogen
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist pathogener | sie ist pathogener | es ist pathogener | sie sind pathogener | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | pathogenerer | pathogenere | pathogeneres | pathogenere |
genitive | pathogeneren | pathogenerer | pathogeneren | pathogenerer | |
dative | pathogenerem | pathogenerer | pathogenerem | pathogeneren | |
accusative | pathogeneren | pathogenere | pathogeneres | pathogenere | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der pathogenere | die pathogenere | das pathogenere | die pathogeneren |
genitive | des pathogeneren | der pathogeneren | des pathogeneren | der pathogeneren | |
dative | dem pathogeneren | der pathogeneren | dem pathogeneren | den pathogeneren | |
accusative | den pathogeneren | die pathogenere | das pathogenere | die pathogeneren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein pathogenerer | eine pathogenere | ein pathogeneres | (keine) pathogeneren |
genitive | eines pathogeneren | einer pathogeneren | eines pathogeneren | (keiner) pathogeneren | |
dative | einem pathogeneren | einer pathogeneren | einem pathogeneren | (keinen) pathogeneren | |
accusative | einen pathogeneren | eine pathogenere | ein pathogeneres | (keine) pathogeneren |
Superlative forms of pathogen
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am pathogensten | sie ist am pathogensten | es ist am pathogensten | sie sind am pathogensten | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | pathogenster | pathogenste | pathogenstes | pathogenste |
genitive | pathogensten | pathogenster | pathogensten | pathogenster | |
dative | pathogenstem | pathogenster | pathogenstem | pathogensten | |
accusative | pathogensten | pathogenste | pathogenstes | pathogenste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der pathogenste | die pathogenste | das pathogenste | die pathogensten |
genitive | des pathogensten | der pathogensten | des pathogensten | der pathogensten | |
dative | dem pathogensten | der pathogensten | dem pathogensten | den pathogensten | |
accusative | den pathogensten | die pathogenste | das pathogenste | die pathogensten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein pathogenster | eine pathogenste | ein pathogenstes | (keine) pathogensten |
genitive | eines pathogensten | einer pathogensten | eines pathogensten | (keiner) pathogensten | |
dative | einem pathogensten | einer pathogensten | einem pathogensten | (keinen) pathogensten | |
accusative | einen pathogensten | eine pathogenste | ein pathogenstes | (keine) pathogensten |
Derived terms
- Pathogenität
Further reading
- “pathogen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “pathogen” in Duden online
- “pathogen”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “pathogen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon