pathogenic

English

Etymology

From patho- +‎ -genic.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

pathogenic (comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic)

1. (pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.

   While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.

2. (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.

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
• subpathogenic

Related terms

• pathology

Translations

able to cause disease

Belarusian: патаге́нны (patahjénny), хваробатво́рны (xvarobatvórny) Catalan: patogen (ca), patogènic Chinese: Mandarin: 致病的 (zhìbìng de), 病原的 (bìngyuán de) Czech: patogenní (cs), choroboplodný (cs) Dutch: pathogeen (nl), ziekteverwekkend (nl) Finnish: patogeeninen (fi) French: pathogène (fr) m or f Galician: patóxeno (gl) German: pathogen (de), krankheitserregend Hungarian: kórokozó (hu) Italian: patogenico Kazakh: патогендік (patogendık) Polish: chorobotwórczy (pl), patogenny (pl) Portuguese: patogénico m, patógeno Russian: патоге́нный (ru) (patogénnyj), болезнетво́рный (ru) (boleznetvórnyj) Spanish: patógeno (es), patogénico Swedish: patogen (sv) Tagalog: mulsakitin Ukrainian: патоге́нний (patohénnyj), хвороботво́рний (xvorobotvórnyj)