Definition of "pathogenic"

pathogenic

adjective
comparative more pathogenic, superlative most pathogenic
1. (pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
2. (music) Consisting of harsh, percussive, nonverbal sounds.
  Quotations
  Melogenic music represents the wide middle area between the extremes of logogenic and pathogenic music.
  2008, Curt Sachs, The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West, page 42