Meaning of MORBIFIC
| Pronunciation: | | mor'bifik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" |
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| | Synonyms: | | infective, pathogenic, unhealthful |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mor*bif"ic\, Morbifical \Mor*bif"ic*al\, a. [L. morbus
disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See
{-fy}.]
Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific
matter.
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| | Related Terms: | | bad, bad for, contaminated, foul, harmful, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, peccant, pestiferous, polluted, septic, tainted, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome |
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