| 单词 | pathogenic |
| 释义 | pathogenic (once / 24370 pages) adj Something that's pathogenic makes you sick, like a virus you pick up after riding on a bus full of coughing people. Pathogenic is a medical term that describes viruses, bacteria, and other types of germs that can cause some kind of disease. The flu, various parasites, and athlete's foot fungus are all considered to be pathogenic. This word has been used since the late 1800s to mean "producing disease," from the French pathogénique, which in turn came from the Greek word for "disease," pathos. WORD FAMILYpathogenic: pathogenically+/pathogen: pathogenic, pathogens USAGE EXAMPLESThe most plausible candidates are a pathogenic microorganism, a combination of such microbes or perhaps a shortage of microorganisms that lower levels of inflammation. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) It was a small study involving only four women carrying the pathogenic genes. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) Many potentially pathogenic cellular processes have been implicated, but we still do not know which, if any, are actually involved. Nature(Nov 29, 2016) adj able to cause disease pathogenic bacteria Syn infective, morbific unhealthful detrimental to good health |
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