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Cause of diseases (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

germ

(Other definitions for germ that I've seen before include "Tiny organism that spreads disease" , "Origin" , "source of infection?" , "Shoot" , "Infectious microorganism" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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