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pathogen

/ˈpæθədʒən/noun

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रोगजनक, रोगाणु

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noun
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    [C] technical

    a thing that causes disease, such as a bacterium or a virus

    रोगजनक, रोगाणु

    • Boiling water kills most pathogens.
    • Mosquitoes carry the pathogen that causes malaria.

    Synonyms germ microbe bacterium virus

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pathogenic adjective
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⌂Word origin and word building

From Greek pathos (suffering, disease) and -gen (producing).

यह Greek शब्द pathos (पीड़ा, रोग) और -gen (उत्पन्न करने वाला) से बना है।

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An organism that causes disease is a pathogen, while the study of diseases is pathology.

रोग पैदा करने वाला जीव pathogen कहलाता है, जबकि रोगों का अध्ययन pathology कहलाता है।