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Spell Bee Word: pathogen


Basic Details

Word: Pathogen

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A very small living thing, such as a bacterium, virus or fungus, that can cause disease.

Synonyms: germ, microbe, bug

How to Spell Pathogen

Syllables: path - o - gen

Tricky part: The joining vowel is o (path-o-gen), not a. The start has th, and there is no e at the end.

Watch out for: pathagen, patogen, pathogene

Memory tip: A germ follows a PATH into the body and GENerates illness: path + o + gen.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Boiling drinking water kills most pathogens in it.

Example 2: The doctor explained that the pathogen spreads through coughs and sneezes.

Example 3: Scientists study each new pathogen to make better vaccines.

Fun Fact

In the 1800s, Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch showed that many illnesses are caused by germs, an idea known as germ theory.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) pathogen
b) immunety
c) vaccene
d) bactiria

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a) pathogen. Bacteria, vaccine and immunity are the right forms of the other three.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: pathogen

a) vitamin
b) germ
c) antibody
d) remedy

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b) germ. A germ is the everyday name for a pathogen; an antibody is what the body makes to fight it.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Doctors found that a tiny pathagen in the pond water was making the villagers ill.

a) villagers
b) water
c) doctors
d) pathagen

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d) pathagen. Between path and gen sits an o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a pathogen?

a) a virus that causes flu
b) a glass of milk
c) a vitamin tablet
d) a healthy red blood cell

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a) a virus that causes flu

2. Washing hands with soap helps to remove ____.

a) pathogens
b) teeth
c) bones
d) muscles

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a) pathogens

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