pathogenic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Adjective
pathogenic (comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic)
- (pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
- While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
- (music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
- 2008, Curt Sachs, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West, page 42:
- Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music.
Related terms
Derived terms
- acaropathogenic
- aetiopathogenic
- antipathogenic
- apathogenic
- cardiopathogenic
- clinicopathogenic
- cytopathogenic
- endopathogenic
- entomopathogenic
- hepatopathogenic
- immunopathogenic
- mycopathogenic
- nephropathogenic
- neuropathogenic
- nonpathogenic
- odontopathogenic
- otopathogenic
- pathogenical
- pathogenically
- pathogenicity
- periodontopathogenic
- periopathogenic
- pharmacopathogenic
- physiopathogenic
- phytopathogenic
- psychopathogenic
Translations
able to cause disease
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