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aerogenic

American  
[air-uh-jen-ik] / ˌɛər əˈdʒɛn ɪk /
Also aerogenous

adjective

  1. producing gas, as certain bacteria.


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Etymology

Origin of aerogenic

aero- + -genic


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An extremity may be greatly swollen because of the existence of chronic lymphangitis, influenza, or an acute septic infection occasioned by the introduction of pathogenic and aerogenic organisms.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

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