pathogen

English Thesaurus

1. any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	micro-organism, microorganism,
definition	:	any organism of microscopic size (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	infectious agent, infective agent,
definition	:	an agent capable of producing infection (noun.object)

derivation	:	infective, morbific, pathogenic,
definition	:	able to cause disease (adj.all)

derivation	:	infective, morbific, pathogenic,
definition	:	able to cause disease (adj.all)