🔄 Synonyms of "Pathogenic"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| morbific | That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic. |
| unhealthful | Not promoting health; detrimental to health. |
| infectivenoun | Able to cause infection; infectious |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pathogenic"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| infective | Able to cause infection; infectious |
| morbific | That causes disease; sickening, pathogenic. |
| unhealthful | Not promoting health; detrimental to health. |
| infectious | (pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens. |
| pathogenesisnoun | The origin and development of a disease. |
| pathogennoun | (pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus. |
| pathologic | (dated) Caused by or related to disease, pathology. |
| pathological | (medicine) Relating to, amounting to, or caused by a physical or mental disorder. |
| funginoun | (by extension, music) A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of banjo, guitar, ukulele, and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm. |
| diseasenoun | (medicine) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired. |
| virulent | (medicine) Of a disease or disease-causing agent: malignant, able to cause damage to the host. |
| organismnoun | (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism. |
| harmful | Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious. |
| causative | (grammar) Expressing a cause or causation. |
| causal | Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing. |
| pathogensnoun | (pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus. |
| etiological | Relating to an etiology |
| etiologic | Alternative spelling of aetiologic. [Of or pertaining to an aetiology.] |
| contagious | (of a disease) Easily transmitted to others. |
| deleterious | (formal) Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way. |
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