aerogenousadj.

a1832 J. Bentham Chrestomathia in Wks. (1843) VIII. 145/1 To each of these three states [sc. solid, liquid, and gaseous] corresponds a natural (purely physical) source of motion: to the solid state, the Stereopiptic; to the liquid, the Hydropiptic; to the gaseous, the Aerogenous.

1943 C. C. Macklin & M. T. Macklin in Ess. Biol. in Honor H. M. Evans 362 The aerogenous escape channels are traced, through which pneumatization of the subcutaneous tissues of the neck.., the opposite lung, and the pleural cavity is effected.

1907 Lancet 5 Oct. 989/1 He considered that this can only be explained by aerogenous infection and does not regard intestinal infection as playing any great part.

1982 Jrnl. Hygiene 89 206 [He] concluded that the route of infection in 90% of cases was aerogenous.

2006 Soc. Thoracic Surgeons 81 1548/1 Cases with certain histopathologic characteristics, such as a lack of aerogenous spread, might represent a subset of stage IV colorectal cancers.