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pythogenic

[ pahy-thuh-jen-ik, pith-uh- ]
/ ˌpaɪ θəˈdʒɛn ɪk, ˌpɪθ ə- /
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adjective
originating from filth or putrescence.
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Also py·thog·e·nous [pahy-thoj-uh-nuhs, pi-]. /paɪˈθɒdʒ ə nəs, pɪ-/.

Origin of pythogenic

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

OTHER WORDS FROM pythogenic

py·tho·gen·e·sis, noun

Words nearby pythogenic

Pythia, Pythiad, Pythian, Pythian Games, Pythias, pythogenic, python, Pythonesque, pythoness, pythonic, pyuria
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How to use pythogenic in a sentence

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

    Fragments of science, V. 1-2|John Tyndall

  • These words were uttered at a time when the pythogenic theory was more in favour than it is now.

    Louis Pasteur|Ren Vallery-Radot
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