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PATHOGENIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Able to cause disease
Example:
pathogenic bacteria
Synonyms:
infective; morbific; pathogenic
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthful (detrimental to good health)
Derivation:
pathogen (any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism))
Context examples:
N. mucosa is commensal in the human nasopharynx and is rarely pathogenic.
(Neisseria mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)
N. lactamica is commensal in the human nasopharynx, commonly isolated from children, and is rarely pathogenic.
(Neisseria lactamica, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by acute inflammation to the vermiform appendix caused by a pathogenic agent.
(Acute Appendicitis, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
B. capillosus is commensal and part of the normal human gastrointestinal tract flora, but may become pathogenic in other body regions.
(Bacteroides capillosus, NCI Thesaurus)
A. haemolyticus is rarely pathogenic in humans.
(Acinetobacter haemolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)
A. neuii is rarely pathogenic in humans but may cause neonatal sepsis.
(Actinomyces neuii, NCI Thesaurus)
They become pathogenic and worsen insulin resistance.
(When Liver Immune Cells Turn Bad, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This research explains the mechanism by which clay minerals interfere with the functioning of pathogenic bacteria.
(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)
Nonsusceptibility to the pathogenic effects of foreign microorganisms or antigenic substances as a result of antibody secretions of the mucous membranes.
(Mucosal Immunity, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A. anitratus is thought to be a commensal organism of the skin but may become pathogenic in patients with underlying conditions.
(Acinetobacter anitratus, NCI Thesaurus)
