Causing or producing cholera; capable of generating or creating cholera infection.
From 'cholera' + Greek '-genous' (producing, origin), creating a scientific adjective meaning 'cholera-producing' used in medical and biological contexts.
When scientists identified the 'cholerigenous' bacterium Vibrio cholerae, they could finally prove the disease came from a specific microorganism, not from 'bad air' as people once believed!
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