Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pathogenic

/pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: path-o-gen-ic
IPA: /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to cause (harmful) disease.

adj

Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.

Example Sentences

"While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic."
"Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music."

Etymology

From patho- + -genic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: patho
Suffix: genic

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/

Inflected Forms

more pathogenic (comparative) most pathogenic (superlative)

Derived Forms

acaropathogenic aetiopathogenic antipathogenic apathogenic autopathogenic cardiopathogenic clinicopathogenic copathogenic cytopathogenic encephalopathogenic endopathogenic entomopathogenic

Frequently Paired Words

pathology

Synonyms

infective morbific

Rhymes With

schizophrenic photogenic hellenic anthropogenic carcinogenic transgenic hallucinogenic fenech splenic eugenic psychogenic orogenic

Questions

How do you pronounce pathogenic?: The recorded pronunciation is /pæθəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/.
What does pathogenic mean?: Able to cause (harmful) disease.
Where does pathogenic come from?: From patho- + -genic.

How to pronounce pathogenic

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