Meanings
adjectivepathogenic (comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic)
comparative more pathogenic · superlative most pathogenic
- medicineAble to cause (harmful) disease.
While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.
- entertainmentConsisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music.
2008, Curt Sachs, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West, page 42
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveable to cause disease
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan patogen, patogènic
- patogenable to cause disease
- patogènicable to cause disease
Chinese Mandarin 致病的, 病原的
- 致病的 (zhìbìng de)able to cause disease
- 病原的 (bìngyuán de)able to cause disease
Czech patogenní, choroboplodný
- patogenníable to cause disease
- choroboplodnýable to cause disease
Dutch pathogeen, ziekteverwekkend
- pathogeenable to cause disease
- ziekteverwekkendable to cause disease
Finnish patogeeninen
- patogeeninenable to cause disease
French pathogène
- pathogèneable to cause disease
German pathogen, krankheitserregend
- pathogenable to cause disease
- krankheitserregendable to cause disease
Hungarian kórokozó
- kórokozóable to cause disease
Italian patogenico
- patogenicoable to cause disease
Polish chorobotwórczy, patogenny
- chorobotwórczyable to cause disease
- patogennyable to cause disease
- patogenetycznyable to cause disease
- patogenicznyable to cause disease
Portuguese patogénico, patógeno
- patogénicoable to cause disease
- patógenoable to cause disease
Russian патоге́нный, болезнетво́рный
- патоге́нный (patogénnyj)able to cause disease
- болезнетво́рный (boleznetvórnyj)able to cause disease
Spanish patógeno, patogénico
- patógenoable to cause disease
- patogénicoable to cause disease
Swedish patogen
- patogenable to cause disease
Tagalog mulsakitin
- mulsakitinable to cause disease
Ukrainian патоге́нний, хвороботво́рний
- патоге́нний (patohénnyj)able to cause disease
- хвороботво́рний (xvorobotvórnyj)able to cause disease
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pathogenic
Helleniccryogenichygieniccarcinogenicanthropogenicschizophrenicantigenicallergenichypoallergenicmutagenicphotogenicbiogenicspleniclinolenichallucinogenicthermogeniconcogenicasthenicsthenicketogenicgenicgalenicfenneceugenic
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“pathogenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathogenic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pathogenic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathogenic.
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