pathogenic
pronunciation
How to pronounce pathogenic in British English:
UK ['pæθə'dʒenɪk]
How to pronounce pathogenic in American English:
US ['pæθə'dʒenɪk]
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- Adjective:
- able to cause disease
Word Origin
- pathogenic (adj.)
- "producing disease," 1836, from French pathogénique, from Greek pathos "disease" (see pathos) + French -génique "producing" (see -gen). Related: Pathogenetic (1838); pathogenicity.
Example
- 1. The project also will focus on key secreted pathogenic proteins .
- 2. Animals frequently carry pathogenic micro organisms , which cause foodborne disease .
- 3. Pathogenic species oftheileriaoccur in africa , the mediterranean , the middle east , asia , and europe .
- 4. Such bioactive mushroom metabolites are believed to have the capability to helping revitalization of our immune system against a large number of pathogenic and non-pathogenic diseases .
- 5. If this program failed to reduce the infection rate , the issc agreed that the fda could require oysters to be treated after harvesting to kill pathogenic vibrio .