non-pathogenn.
/nɒnˈpaθədʒɛn/, /nɒnˈpaθədʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /nɑnˈpæθəˌdʒɛn/, /nɑnˈpæθədʒ(ə)n/ Medicine and Biology.
An organism or other agent that is non-pathogenic.
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1937 Science 8 Jan. 54/2 Those drugs effective on the pathogens are ineffective on the non-pathogen.
1960 Q. Rev. Biol. 35 44/1 A non-pathogen was converted into a strain having antigenic properties similar to those of tubercle bacilli.
1999 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 12926/2 No differences were observed..when the leaves were inculated with the leaf-infecting fungi Stagonospora nodorum (a non-pathogen of oat) or Stagonospora avenae (a pathogen of oat).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1937- griffin's foot
- griffin-beaked
- griffin-guarded
- griffin-like
- griffin-winged
- griffinage
- griffinbeaked
- griffinesque
- griffiness
- griffinguarded
- griffinhood
- griffinish
- griffinishness
- griffinism
- griffinlike
- griffins
- griffinship
- griffinwinged
- griffish
- griffon
- griffon-vulture
- griffonage
- griffons
- griffonvulture
- griffs