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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



... interest to remark with regard to this dust, that Dr. L. L. Jenner lately kindly examined a specimen collected at Modder River after the camp had been more than two months established, and discovered no pathogenic organisms in it. As a period of seven months had elapsed since this dust was collected, the fact is of no practical import, beyond showing that, if such organisms had existed, at any rate they were not of ...
— Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 • George Henry Makins

... good culture medium and the environment is ideal for multiplication of bacteria; consequently, the grave disturbances which may attend the introduction of pathogenic organisms into a synovial cavity as the result of a puncture wound are not to be forgotten. The veterinarian is in no position to estimate the virulency of organisms so introduced; neither can he determine the ...
— Lameness of the Horse - Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 • John Victor Lacroix



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