pathogen
Kelime Anlamı :

1. patojen.
2. hastalığa sebebiyet veren mikrop veya virüs.
3. hastalık yapıcı.
4. Hastalık yapan madde veya mikro-organizmalar, patojen.
5. hastalık mikrobu.
6. i., tıb. patojen mikrop.
Tanımlar :
1. an agent that causes disease, especially a living microorganism such as a bacterium or fungus.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. any microorganism which causes disease; a pathogenic organism; an infectious microorganism; a bacterium, virus, or other agent which can cause disease by infection; -- opposed to
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.