pathogenic – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
pathogenic
adj.
causes disease
Pathogen
In
biology, a
pathogen (
pathos “suffering, passion” and -γενής
-genēs “producer of”) in the oldest and broadest sense is anything that can produce
disease, a term which came into use in the 1880s. Typically the term is used to describe an infectious agent such as a
virus,
bacterium,
prion,
fungus,
viroid, or
parasite that causes disease in its
host. The host may be a human, an
animal, a
plant, a
fungus, or even another micro-organism.
pathogenic
Adjective
1. able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"
(synonym) infective, morbific
(similar) unhealthful
Pathogenic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
pathogenic
Synonyms and related words:
bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbific, noisome, noxious, peccant, pestiferous, polluted, septic, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
