different between pathogen vs infection
pathogen
English
Etymology
From patho- +? -gen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæ??d?n?/
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- heptagon, phone tag
pathogen From the web:
- what pathogen causes malaria
- what pathogen causes influenza
- what pathogen causes strep throat
- what pathogen causes lyme disease
- what pathogen causes athlete's foot
- what pathogen causes covid 19
- what pathogen causes aids
- what pathogen causes tuberculosis
infection
English
Etymology
From Old French infection, from Vulgar Latin *infecti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?f?k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
infection (countable and uncountable, plural infections)
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- A disease caused by a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
Derived terms
- spurious infection
Related terms
- infect
- infected
- infectable
- infective
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French infection, from Late Latin infecti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.f?k.sj??/
Noun
infection f (plural infections)
- (pathology) infection
- (informal) stench, stink
- Synonyms: puanteur, pestilence
Derived terms
- infectieux
Descendants
- ? Turkish: enfeksiyon
References
- “infection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
infection (plural infectiones)
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin *infecti?.
Noun
infection f (oblique plural infections, nominative singular infection, nominative plural infections)
- (countable) infection.
infection From the web:
- what infections cause high crp
- what infections does cefuroxime treat
- what infections cause positive ana
- what infections cause skin peeling
- what infections cause hives
- what infections can be found in stool
- what infections does amoxicillin treat
- what infections does clindamycin treat
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