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pathogenic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pathogenic has 1 sense
- pathogenic(s = adj.all) infective, morbific - able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" Derived form noun pathogen1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pathogenic, a. [Gr. pa`qos disease + the root of ge`nos birth.].
Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pathogenic
bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbific, noisome, noxious, peccant, pestiferous, polluted, septic, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome
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