Definition of pathogenic in English:
pathogenic
adjective paθəˈdʒɛnɪkˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
Medicine (of a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism) causing disease.
a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Example sentencesExamples
- Scientists are working toward breeding farm animals that resist infection with pathogenic E. coli strains.
- Wild birds may carry the highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.
- Within 16 hours, the treatment produced a 150-fold reduction in the number of pathogenic cells in the intestines.
- Raw meat may carry pathogenic organisms.
- Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogenic microorganisms cause disease will be growing at a rapid pace.
- Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of pathogenic leptospires in the lake.
- Infection by pathogenic parasites may be a symptom of ill health, rather than the simple or single cause.
- What may follow is the proliferation of unopposed pathogenic bacteria or fungi.
- It was a running stew of potent pathogenic microbes.
- With 87 per cent of all pigs infected with pathogenic campylobacter, reducing macrolide use in pig production should be a real priority for government.
Definition of pathogenic in US English:
pathogenic
adjectiveˌpaTHəˈjenikˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
Medicine (of a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism) causing disease.
a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
Example sentencesExamples
- Wild birds may carry the highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.
- Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogenic microorganisms cause disease will be growing at a rapid pace.
- It was a running stew of potent pathogenic microbes.
- Infection by pathogenic parasites may be a symptom of ill health, rather than the simple or single cause.
- Scientists are working toward breeding farm animals that resist infection with pathogenic E. coli strains.
- Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of pathogenic leptospires in the lake.
- What may follow is the proliferation of unopposed pathogenic bacteria or fungi.
- Raw meat may carry pathogenic organisms.
- With 87 per cent of all pigs infected with pathogenic campylobacter, reducing macrolide use in pig production should be a real priority for government.
- Within 16 hours, the treatment produced a 150-fold reduction in the number of pathogenic cells in the intestines.