Organism Attribute
pathogenicity
pathogenicity [ path-oh-juh-nis-i-tee ]
Definitions related to pathogenicity:
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The capacity of a microorganism to cause disease.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The likelihood of an entity to produce pathologic changes or disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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