PATHOGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pathogenic mean? 

• PATHOGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective PATHOGENIC has 1 sense:

1. able to cause disease

  Familiarity information: PATHOGENIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATHOGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to cause disease

Synonyms:

infective; morbific; pathogenic

Context example:

pathogenic bacteria

Similar:

unhealthful (detrimental to good health)

Derivation:

pathogen (any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism))

 Context examples 

M. osloensis is commensal in the human respiratory tract and rarely pathogenic.

(Moraxella osloensis, NCI Thesaurus)

M. gordonae is commonly found in tap water and soil, is commensal in human mucus membranes, urine and gastric fluid and is rarely pathogenic except in immunocompromised individuals.

(Mycobacterium gordonae, NCI Thesaurus)

M. paraoxydans is pathogenic and one of the most common species of Microbacterium to be isolated from clinical specimens.

(Microbacterium paraoxydans, NCI Thesaurus)

B. fragilis is commensal and part of the normal human gastrointestinal tract flora, but may become pathogenic in other body regions.

(Bacteroides fragilis, NCI Thesaurus)

B. caccae is commensal and part of the normal human gastrointestinal tract flora, but may become pathogenic in other body regions.

(Bacteroides caccae, NCI Thesaurus)

M. haemophilum has an unknown reservoir and mode of transmission and is known to be pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.

(Mycobacterium haemophilum, NCI Thesaurus)

N. cinerea is commensal in the human nasal and oropharyngeal tract, and is considered non-pathogenic, but can become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.

(Neisseria cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)

P. aerogenes is found in the intestinal tract of pigs and is pathogenic to humans.

(Pasteurella aerogenes, NCI Thesaurus)

P. pneumotropica was isolated from rodents and is pathogenic to humans.

(Pasteurella pneumotropica, NCI Thesaurus)

P. agglomerans is found on plant surfaces, seeds, and water and is pathogenic in humans and some strains can be pathogenic to plants.

(Pantoea agglomerans, NCI Thesaurus)