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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespitogenico
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pi-to-dʒɛ-ni-ko
"Il termine pitogenico era usato per descrivere infezioni nate dal marciume."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Originating from or produced by putrefaction, filth, or decaying organic matter.
"Nineteenth-century sanitarians attributed the spread of typhoid to pythogenic miasmas arising from foul drains." - 2
Generated in or by filth or contaminated environments.
"The outbreak was traced back to pythogenic contamination of the municipal water supply."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'pythōn', meaning a serpent or rotting/decay (ultimately related to Pytho and the rotting corpse of the Python slain by Apollo), and 'genēs', meaning born of or produced by. Coined in the 19th century during early epidemiological studies to describe diseases (such as typhoid fever) formerly believed to originate from putrid or decaying organic matter.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pythogenic" is said worldwide
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pythogénique
Transliteration: pit-o-ʒe-nik
"La théorie pythogénique a longtemps dominé la médecine du dix-neuvième siècle."
pythogen
Transliteration: py-to-ɡeːn
"Man glaubte einst, dass diese Krankheiten pythogenen Ursprungs seien."
pitogenico
Transliteration: pi-to-dʒɛ-ni-ko
"Il termine pitogenico era usato per descrivere infezioni nate dal marciume."
pitogénico
Transliteration: pi-to-he-ni-ko
"Las fiebres de origen pitogénico preocupaban a los médicos victorianos."
pitogênico
Transliteration: pi-to-ʒe-ni-ku
"A hipótese pitogênica explicava a febre tifoide através de dejetos."
सड़न-उत्पन्न
Transliteration: saran-utpann
"पुराने समय में इस प्रकार के रोगों को सड़न-उत्पन्न माना जाता था।"
腐源性的
Transliteration: fǔ yuán xìng de
"早期医学曾认为某些疾病是腐源性的。"
부패 기원의
Transliteration: bupae gi-won-ui
"과거에는 장티푸스가 부패 기원의 질병으로 여겨졌습니다."
腐敗由来の
Transliteration: fuhai yurai no
"その感染症はかつて腐敗由来のものだと信じられていた。"
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