pathogenic

[path-uh-jen-ik]

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adjective

Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.

Origin of pathogenic

First recorded in 1850–55; patho- + -genic

Related formsan·ti·path·o·gen·ic, adjectivenon·path·o·gen·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for pathogenic

Contemporary Examples

Pathogenic bacteria from the remains can get into water supplies.
Haiti's Grisly Problem
Cyril Wecht
January 19, 2010

Historical Examples

No, I cannot credit the idea of a pathogenic organism too seriously.
The Electronic Mind Reader
John Blaine
Every one, we might say, is immune against some or other of the pathogenic microbes.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1900
Various
As for the pathogenic mechanism of the sniffing tic, it is simple enough.
Tics and Their Treatment
Henry Meigne
The lodgment in the system of a pathogenic germ, and the multiplication of that germ.
The Doctor's Dilemma
George Bernard Shaw
Those whom God hath joined together, let no pathogenic organism put asunder.
A Book of Burlesques
H. L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for pathogenic

pathogenic

adjective

able to cause or produce diseasepathogenic bacteria

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Word Origin and History for pathogenic

adj.

"producing disease," 1836, from French pathogénique, from Greek pathos "disease" (see pathos) + French -génique "producing" (see -gen). Related: Pathogenetic (1838); pathogenicity.

pathogenic in Medicine

pathogenic

(păth′ə-jĕn′ĭk)

adj.

Having the capability to cause disease.
Producing disease.
Relating to pathogenesis.

Related formspath′o•ge•nic′i•ty (-jə-nĭs′ĭ-tē) n.

pathogenic in Culture

pathogenic

[(path-uh-jen-ik)]

A descriptive term for a thing or condition that can cause disease.

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Examples from the Web for pathogenic

Contemporary Examples

Pathogenic bacteria from the remains can get into water supplies.

Historical Examples

No, I cannot credit the idea of a pathogenic organism too seriously.

Every one, we might say, is immune against some or other of the pathogenic microbes.

As for the pathogenic mechanism of the sniffing tic, it is simple enough.

The lodgment in the system of a pathogenic germ, and the multiplication of that germ.

Those whom God hath joined together, let no pathogenic organism put asunder.

pathogenic

Word Origin and History for pathogenic

adj.

pathogenic

pathogenic

Origin of pathogenic