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Pathogenic   /pˌæθədʒˈɛnɪk/   Listen
Pathogenic

adjective
1.
Able to cause disease.  Synonyms: infective, morbific.  "Pathogenic bacteria"






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"Pathogenic" Quotes from Famous Books



... reaction to bacterial and viral toxins, and there hadn't yet been any pathogenic organism discovered to which a tormal could not more or less immediately develop antibody resistance. So that in interstellar medicine ...
— This World Is Taboo • Murray Leinster

... microscopic examinations showed the absence of fungi or bacteria in the vascular system or other plant tissues. The browning in the vascular bundles appeared to be confined to the phloem tissue. All attempts to culture a pathogenic fungus or bacterium from affected tissue was negative. Portions of diseased plants with discolored vascular bundles were placed in a damp chamber and no fungus or bacterial growth developed from the vascular system. From these ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 • Various



Words linked to "Pathogenic" :   morbific, infective, unhealthful, pathogen



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