py|tho|gen|ic

py|tho|gen|ic
py|tho|gen|ic «PY thuh JEHN ihk, PIHTH uh-», adjective.
produced by putrefaction or filth (used especially of diseases, as typhoid fever).
[< Greek p to rot + English -gen + -ic]

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