Pathogene

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pathogen \Path"o*gen\, Pathogene \Path"o*gene\, n. [See
     {Pathogenic}.] (Biol.)
     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 {zymogene}. The spelling pathogene is now archaic.


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