pathogenic — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Able to cause (harmful) disease.

   Examples

   While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic.

2. Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.

   Examples

   Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music.

Adjective

1. able to cause disease

   Synonyms

   infectivemorbific

   Examples

   infective agents

   pathogenic bacteria