enteropathogenic

adjective

en·​tero·​patho·​gen·​ic ˌen-tə-rō-ˌpa-thə-ˈje-nik How to pronounce enteropathogenic (audio)
: tending to produce disease in the intestinal tract
enteropathogenic bacteria

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Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate. — Enea Rezzonico, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2015 The latest organisms that researchers have looked to are bacteria in the microbiomes of roundworms that parasitize insects (technically termed enteropathogenic nematodes). — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2019

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1956, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of enteropathogenic was in 1956

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enteropathogenic

adjective
en·​tero·​patho·​gen·​ic ˌent-ə-rō-ˌpath-ə-ˈjen-ik How to pronounce enteropathogenic (audio)
: tending to produce disease in the intestinal tract
enteropathogenic bacteria
enteropathogen
-ˈpath-ə-jən How to pronounce enteropathogenic (audio)
noun
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