病原

Chinese

 
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
simp. and trad.
(病原)

Pronunciation


Noun

病原

  1. cause of disease
  2. Short for 病原菌 (bìngyuánjūn, “pathogen; bacterial pathogen”).

Synonyms

  • (cause of disease): 病源 (bìngyuán)

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
びょう
Grade: 3
げん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

病原 (hiragana びょうげん, rōmaji byōgen)

  1. cause or source of a disease, pathogenesis, etiology

Derived terms

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