pythogenic

American

[pahy-thuh-jen-ik, pith-uh-] / ˌpaɪ θəˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌpɪθ ə- /

Also pythogenous

adjective

originating from filth or putrescence.

Other Word Forms

pythogenesis noun

Etymology

Origin of pythogenic

1860–65; < Greek pȳ́th ( ein ) to rot + -o- + -genic

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The name "pythogenic fever" rests upon a theory of the disease which has never been proven, and is regarded by most observers as untenable.

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Pythogenic, pī-thō-jen′ik, adj. produced by filth.—n.

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It was no hypothetical infected medium — no problematical pythogenic gas — that killed the worms, but a definite organism.

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