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pathogen

[path-uh-juhn, ‑-jen] / ˈpæθ ə dʒən, ‑ˌdʒɛn /






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Ebola is a highly dangerous pathogen, but it is not an airborne virus like flu or Covid.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Davji Bhimji Atellah, KMPDU's secretary general, said the union "will not sit back and watch Kenya be treated as a containment colony for a lethal pathogen that we did not generate".

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

“If there was ever a question about whether there was a pathogen in our products,” McAfee later told me, “I’d be the first one to recall immediately, voluntarily.”

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026

What a strange and humbling thing that the course of human history has been repeatedly upended by this singular pathogen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

For practical purposes, the fact that feeding is interrupted promptly is of course an enormous advantage, for crop damage stops almost as soon as the pathogen is applied.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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