Incitant
BIOLOGICAL ENTITY THAT CAUSES DISEASE IN ITS HOST, WHICH IS TYPICALLY AN INFECTIOUS MICROORGANISM OR AGENT, SUCH AS A VIRUS, BACTERIUM, PROTOZOAN, PRION, VIROID, OR FUNGUS
Pathogens; Pathogenic; Disease agent; Pathogenicity; Infectious agents; Infectious agent; Incitant; Pathogenic microbial; Pathogenic microbes; Infectious organism; Pathogenic microbe; Nosogenic; Pathogenic organism; Causative agent; Germ (microorganism); Pathogen evolution
·adj Inciting; stimulating.
II. Incitant ·noun That which incites; an inciting agent or cause; a stimulant.