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Definition of Pathogene

1. n. One of a class of virulent microörganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene.

Definition of Pathogene

1. Noun. (dated form of pathogen) ¹

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Definition of Pathogene

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pathogene

1. One of a class of virulent microorganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; opposed to zymogene. See: Pathogenic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Pathogene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Outline of the History of Phytopathology by Herbert Hice Whetzel (1918)
"The gist of the mycoplasm theory is that the naked protoplasm of the pathogene lives for a time mingled in indistinguishable combination with that of the ..."

2. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"Bakt., 1895, xviii., 521. 8. Sanfelice. Ueber die pathogene Wirkung der ... Zeitsch. f. Hygiene, 1898, xxvii., i. 22. Corselli and Frisco. pathogene ..."

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