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Pathogenic

//pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk// adj

Definitions

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

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

  2. 2
    Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.

    "Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music."

Adjective
  1. 1
    able to cause disease wordnet

Etymology

From patho- + -genic.

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