Disease agent
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GERMDisease agent
pathogendisease-producing agent
virustiny infectious agent that causes disease
contractingCatch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
contractedCatch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
nonspecificof a disease, not caused by any specific, identifiable agent
nonspecificallyNONSPECIFIC, of a disease, not caused by any specific, identifiable agent
pathogensa specific causative agent (as a bacterium or virus) of disease
contagiathe causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus
exogenous(of a disease, symptom, etc.) Caused by an agent or organism outside the body
contagiumA substance or agent, such as a virus, by which a contagious disease is transmitted
fomitesany agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease
fomesany agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease
reservoirsA population, tissue, etc., that is chronically infested with the causative agent of a disease and can act as a source of further infection
encephalopathyA disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition (such as viral infection or toxins in the blood)
priontiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies
prionstiny proteinaceous particle, likened to viruses and viroids, but having no genetic component, thought to be an infectious agent in bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and similar encephalopathies
yawsa contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement called also frambesia
yaws(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
pians(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
pian(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
scrapieinfectious, usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: caused by an unidentified sticky agent
scrapiesinfectious, usually fatal brain disease of sheep, characterized by twitching of the neck and head, grinding of the teeth, and scraping of itching portions of skin against fixed objects with a subsequent loss of wool: caused by an unidentified sticky agent
pintaa chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis