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Definition of Pathogenic
1. Adjective. Able to cause disease. "Pathogenic bacteria"
Similar to: Unhealthful
Derivative terms: Infect, Infect, Pathogen
Definition of Pathogenic
1. a. Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.
Definition of Pathogenic
1. Adjective. Able to cause (harmful) disease. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pathogenic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Pathogenic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pathogenic
Literary usage of Pathogenic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"A TEXT-BOOK UPON THE Pathogenic BACTERIA. By JOSEPH MCFARLAND, MD, Professor of
Pathology and Bacteriology in the Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia. ..."
2. A Manual of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1892)
"NON-Pathogenic MICROCOCCI. MANY of the saprophytic micrococci and bacilli have
already been described in the sections devoted to pathogenic bacteria (Part ..."
3. Text-book of Bacteriology by Carl Fraenkel, Joseph Hatch Linsley (1891)
"Methods of Transmission; Special Qualities of the Pathogenic Bacteria; Powers of
Resistance of the Organism; Natural and Acquired Immunity; ..."
4. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Pathogenic PROTOZOA The PROTOZOA that cause diseases are said to be pathogenic.
... The importance of pathogenic PROTOZOA has but recently been recognized, ..."
5. An introduction to pathology and morbid anatomy by Thomas Henry Green (1884)
"Can we suppose that the specific causes were present in the building ? or do not
the facts tempt to the belief that ordinary bacteria acquire pathogenic ..."
6. Surgical bacteriology by Nicholas Senn (1889)
"Do Pathogenic MICROORGANISMS EXIST IN THE HEALTHY BODY? It still remains a disputed
question whether pathogenic microorganisms can exist in the body without ..."
7. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"THE Pathogenic ACTION OF RHIZOCTONIA ON POTATO HT Gussow WITH ONE FIGURE IN THE
TEXT It ... For some time I have endeavored to discover the true pathogenic ..."
8. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"... Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NTH)
jointly published a set of guidelines for the safe handling of pathogenic ..."
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