pathogenic
About 2.37 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Able to cause (harmful) disease.
While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
- adjective Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
Similar words
infective morbific unhealthful infectious pathogenesis pathogen pathologic pathological fungi disease
Often followed by
bacteria organisms for microorganisms fungi to and mechanisms species
Word family
pathogenicities pathogenicity
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