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–adjective

Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.

[Origin: 1850–55; patho- + -genic

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path·o·gen·ic Audio Help (pāth'ə-jěn'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Capable of causing disease.
Originating or producing disease.
Of or relating to pathogenesis.

path'o·gen'i·cal·ly adv., path'o·ge·nic'i·ty (-jə-nĭs'ĭ-tē) n.

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pathogenic

"producing disease," 1852, from Fr. pathogénique, from Gk. pathos "disease" (see pathos) + Fr. génique "producing." Earlier pathogenetic (1838). Pathogen "a bacteria that produces disease" is an 1880 back-formation.

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pathogenic
adjective
able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" [syn: infective]

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pathogenic [(path-uh-jen-ik)]

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

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Pathogenic

Path"o*gene\, n. [See Pathogenic.] (Biol.) One of a class of virulent micro["o]rganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene.

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