pathogenic C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ See IPA manual Freq #90219 Meanings 1 adj Able to cause (harmful) disease. While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic. 2 adj Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds. Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms acaropathogenicaetiopathogenicantipathogenicapathogenicautopathogeniccardiopathogenicclinicopathogeniccopathogeniccytopathogenicencephalopathogenicendopathogenicentomopathogenic Related forms pathology Common collocations pathogenic bacteria Adjective + noun Etymology From patho- + -genic. Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pathogenic **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ **Frequency rank:** 90219 ## Meanings 1. Able to cause (harmful) disease. 2. Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds. ## Examples - While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic. - Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music. ## Derived Forms - acaropathogenic - aetiopathogenic - antipathogenic - apathogenic - autopathogenic - cardiopathogenic - clinicopathogenic - copathogenic - cytopathogenic - encephalopathogenic - endopathogenic - entomopathogenic ## Related Forms - pathology ## Etymology From patho- + -genic. ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown