| 单词 | infectious agent |
| 释义 | infectious agent (once / 181836 pages) n WORD FAMILY infectious agent: infectious agents USAGE EXAMPLESPrions are notorious protein-only infectious agents that cause invariably fatal brain diseases following silent incubation periods that can span a lifetime. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) This could include infectious agents humans might not be prepared for, or have immunity to, the scientists said. Salon(Nov 05, 2016) Duke veterinarian Bobby Schopler said the quick nature of the deaths made it unlikely that the animals succumbed to an infectious agent. Washington Post(Oct 27, 2016) n an agent capable of producing infection Syn|Hypo|Hyper infective agent virus (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein pathogenany disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) arborvirus, arbovirusa large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis bacteriophage, phagea virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria plant virusa plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA animal virusan animal pathogen that is a virus slow virusa virus that remains dormant in the body for a long time before symptoms appear tumor virusa cell-free filtrate held to be a virus responsible for a specific neoplasm vector(genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell agent an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect |
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