[1920–25; toxi(co)- + -genic]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: checkout, follow-up, ski jump, slalom, superpower-genic is a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen or -geny, with the following senses: “producing or causing” (hallucinogenic); “produced or caused by” (cosmogenic); “pertaining to a gene or genes” (polygenic); “pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium” (telegenic)
Examples of 'toxigenic' in a sentence
toxigenic
Pseudomembranous colitis results from infection by a toxigenic strain of clostridium difficile.