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单词 pathogenic
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pathogenicadj.

Brit. /ˌpaθəˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: patho- comb. form, -genic comb. form.
Etymology: < patho- comb. form + -genic comb. form, after pathogeny n. Compare French pathogénique (1811), German pathogenisch (1834 or earlier), post-classical Latin pathogenicus (1822 or earlier). Compare earlier pathogenetic adj.
1. Medicine and Biology. Producing physical disease; of or relating to the production of physical disease.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective]
pestilenta1398
peccant1595
repeccating1598
diseaseful1605
morbifical1620
morbific1652
morbid1656
morbificous1657
diseasifying1662
morbiferous1718
nosopoetic1733
pathogenetic1830
morbiferal1848
pathogenic1850
pathopoeous1857
pathogenous1873
pathophoric1899
diseasing?1915
1850 R. E. Dugeon (title) The pathogenic cyclopaedia.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. II. xx. 246 In the torrid zone..the people multiply pathogenic causes at will.
1882 Nature 9 Mar. 439 Recent researches..tend to show that pathogenic bacteria are mere modifications of saprogenic forms.
1913 H. J. Hutchens tr. A. Besson Pract. Bacteriol. xxviii. 446 Varieties of the Pasteurella could be distinguished by means of their pathogenic properties.
1932 R. Robison Significance Phosphoric Esters in Metabolism i. 5 The pathogenic activity of the tubercle bacillus.
1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xxii. 275 The following species, pathogenic for man, are usually included in this group.
2000 Z. Smith White Teeth (2001) xvi. 417 It's pretty fucking scary. Not to mention, like, the pathogenic, i.e., disease-producing, organisms they're got sitting in petri dishes all over the place.
2. Psychiatry. Causing, or tending to cause, mental illness.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > insanity or madness > causing
mad1567
madding1592
extractinga1616
insanea1616
dementating1652
maddening1822
dementing1861
pathogenic1909
1909 A. A. Brill tr. S. Freud Sel. Papers on Hysteria iv. 88 If I could now make it probable that the idea became pathogenic in consequence of the exclusion and repression, the chain would seem complete.
1950 E. H. Erikson Childhood & Society iv. viii. 268 Mothers who drive on but cannot let go (they are the pathogenic, the ‘overprotective’ ones).
1953 E. Jones Sigmund Freud I. xi. 273 The ‘predisposition’ necessary for the later traumatic event to become pathogenic.
1985 J. McDougall Theatres of Mind (1986) i. 24 Nor did he believe that mental stasis had no effects other than pathogenic ones.
3. figurative. Morally or spiritually unhealthy; having a deleterious effect on society.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective]
demoralizing1794
vitiating1832
abjective1865
pathogenic1969
1969 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory iv. 85 Poor food, disease, and other pathogenic influences could also cause racial differences.
1979 London Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 21/2 Money, says Attali, is ‘pathogenic’.
1987 N.Y. Times 8 Mar. vii. 38/1 America..was more productive, more energetic, more free, largely immune from pathogenic politics and ruinous wars.
1989 R. Littlewood & M. Lipsedge Aliens & Alienists (ed. 2) xii. 271 Problems are seen to lie in the minority culture itself which is regarded as pathogenic if not pathological.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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