pathogenic adj 1: able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" [syn: {infective}, {morbific}, {pathogenic}]
Pathogenic \Path`o*gen"ic\, a. [Gr. pa`qos disease + the root of ge`nos birth.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium. [1913 Webster]
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "pathogenic": bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbific, noisome, noxious, peccant, pestiferous, polluted, septic, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome