pathobiont

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noun

Any potentially pathological (disease-causing) organism which, under normal circumstances, lives as a non-harming symbiont

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Meanings

nounpathobiont (plural pathobionts)

plural pathobionts

  1. Any potentially pathological (disease-causing) organism which, under normal circumstances, lives as a non-harming symbiont

Origin

From patho- + -biont.

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APA

pathobiont. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathobiont

MLA

“pathobiont.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathobiont. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathobiont,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathobiont.

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