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Webster 1913 Edition

Pathogenic

Pathˊo-gen′ic

,

Adj.

[Gr.

πάθοσ

disease + the root of

γένοσ

birth.]

(Med. & Biol.)

Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease;

as, a

pathogenic

organism; a

pathogenic

bacterium.