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pathogenic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ (Canada, US)

Etymology

From patho- + -genic.

Meanings

1. Able to cause (harmful) disease.
   • While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
2. Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
   • Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music. 2008, Curt Sachs, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West, page 42:

Forms

Deriveds

immunopathogenic · periodontopathogenic · mycopathogenic · copathogenic · nephropathogenic · hepatopathogenic · nonpathogenic · autopathogenic · odontopathogenic · phytopathogenic · subpathogenic · multipathogenic · pathogenical · neuropathogenic · entomopathogenic · pathogenically · vaginopathogenic · pharmacopathogenic · physiopathogenic · zoopathogenic · cardiopathogenic · acaropathogenic · periopathogenic · nematopathogenic · hyperpathogenic · pathogenicity · encephalopathogenic · psychopathogenic · otopathogenic · apathogenic · antipathogenic · aetiopathogenic · clinicopathogenic · cytopathogenic · ichthyopathogenic · endopathogenic

Relateds

pathology

Translations (32)

sv patogen (able to cause disease) · uk патоге́нний (able to cause disease) · de krankheitserregend (able to cause disease) · gl patóxeno (able to cause disease) · cs patogenní (able to cause disease) · cmn 病原的 (able to cause disease) · fr pathogène (able to cause disease) · fi patogeeninen (able to cause disease) · it patogenico (able to cause disease) · nl ziekteverwekkend (able to cause disease) · pl chorobotwórczy (able to cause disease) · pl patogeniczny (able to cause disease) · ru патоге́нный (able to cause disease) · uk хвороботво́рний (able to cause disease) · be хваробатво́рны (able to cause disease) · pl patogenny (able to cause disease) · pt patógeno (able to cause disease) · tl mulsakitin (able to cause disease) · hu kórokozó (able to cause disease) · kk патогендік (able to cause disease) · cs choroboplodný (able to cause disease) · pt patogénico (able to cause disease) · ca patogènic (able to cause disease) · cmn 致病的 (able to cause disease) · nl pathogeen (able to cause disease) · pl patogenetyczny (able to cause disease) · es patogénico (able to cause disease) · ca patogen (able to cause disease) · es patógeno (able to cause disease) · ru болезнетво́рный (able to cause disease) · de pathogen (able to cause disease) · be патаге́нны (able to cause disease)