Definition of pathogenic in English:
 pathogenic
adjective paθəˈdʒɛnɪkˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
Medicine (of a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism) causing disease.
 a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Scientists are working toward breeding farm animals that resist infection with pathogenic E. coli strains.
 -  Wild birds may carry the highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.
 -  Within 16 hours, the treatment produced a 150-fold reduction in the number of pathogenic cells in the intestines.
 -  Raw meat may carry pathogenic organisms.
 -  Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogenic microorganisms cause disease will be growing at a rapid pace.
 -  Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of pathogenic leptospires in the lake.
 -  Infection by pathogenic parasites may be a symptom of ill health, rather than the simple or single cause.
 -  What may follow is the proliferation of unopposed pathogenic bacteria or fungi.
 -  It was a running stew of potent pathogenic microbes.
 -  With 87 per cent of all pigs infected with pathogenic campylobacter, reducing macrolide use in pig production should be a real priority for government.
 
  Definition of pathogenic in US English:
 pathogenic
adjectiveˌpaTHəˈjenikˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk
Medicine (of a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism) causing disease.
 a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Wild birds may carry the highly pathogenic form of avian influenza.
 -  Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms by which pathogenic microorganisms cause disease will be growing at a rapid pace.
 -  It was a running stew of potent pathogenic microbes.
 -  Infection by pathogenic parasites may be a symptom of ill health, rather than the simple or single cause.
 -  Scientists are working toward breeding farm animals that resist infection with pathogenic E. coli strains.
 -  Laboratory tests confirmed the presence of pathogenic leptospires in the lake.
 -  What may follow is the proliferation of unopposed pathogenic bacteria or fungi.
 -  Raw meat may carry pathogenic organisms.
 -  With 87 per cent of all pigs infected with pathogenic campylobacter, reducing macrolide use in pig production should be a real priority for government.
 -  Within 16 hours, the treatment produced a 150-fold reduction in the number of pathogenic cells in the intestines.