Definition of Pathogenicity

1. Noun. The quality or state of being capable of causing disease. ¹

2. Noun. The quality or state of originating or producing disease. ¹

3. Noun. (biology) : The quality of an organism to inflict damage on the host. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pathogenicity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Pathogenicity

1. The ability of a parasite to inflict damage on the host. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pathogenicity

pathoclitic
pathocrinia
pathodixia
pathodontia
pathoformic
pathogen
pathogene
pathogenes
pathogeneses
pathogenesis
pathogenetic
pathogenic
pathogenic occlusion
pathogenically
pathogenicities
pathogenicity
pathogenies
pathogenomics
pathogens
pathogeny
pathogneumonic
pathognomic
pathognomies
pathognomonic
pathognomonic symptom
pathognomonics
pathognomy
pathognostic
pathographies
pathography

Literary usage of Pathogenicity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"The present paper records some experimental data on comparative host- pathogenicity and pathology of the two viruses. Strains of Viruses MATERIALS ..."

2. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"Pathogenicity for Man.—Weinberg and Seguin first showed the great importance of ... Pathogenicity for Animals.—Natural infections due to B. novyi have been ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1905)
"The pathogenicity of the organisms was demonstrated by local abscess or by general illness, which might be fatal. Where neither a fatal result nor a local ..."

4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"Pathogenicity FOR CATTLE OF CULTURE-PASSAGED VIRUS By W. PLOWRIGHT AND RD ... This communication describes the changes in its pathogenicity for cattle which ..."

5. A Textbook of bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"... CHAPTER XI FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS OF Pathogenicity AND INFF,CTION WHEN microorganisms gain entrance to the animal or human body and give rise to disease, ..."

6. Bibliography of Hookworm Disease by International Health Board, Rockefeller Foundation (1922)
"1899 WENYON, CM Observations on the common intestinal protozoa of man: their diagnosis and pathogenicity. Lancet, Lond. 1915, ii: 1173-1183. ..."

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