单词 | typhogenic |
释义 | typhogenic in British English (ˌtaɪfəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) adjective causing typhus or typhoid fever typhogenic in American English (ˌtaifəˈdʒenɪk) adjective Pathology producing typhus or typhoid fever Word origin [1895–1900; typh(us) or typh(oid) + -o- + -genic]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: apothecaries' measure, backstage, flamenco, hit-and-run, neon-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -genic is a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen or -geny, with the following senses: “producing or causing” (hallucinogenic); “produced or caused by” (cosmogenic); “pertaining to a gene or genes” (polygenic); “pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium” (telegenic) |
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