'Pathogene' definitions:
Definition of 'Pathogene'
From: 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. [1913 Webster + PJC]