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-gen
-gen or -genesuff.1. Producer: androgen.2. One that is produced: phosgene.
[French -gène, from Greek -genēs, born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]-gen suffix forming nouns 1. producing or that which produces: hydrogen. 2. something produced: carcinogen. [via French -gène, from Greek -genēs born]-gen a combining form meaning “something that produces, stimulates the production of, or induces” the thing specified by the initial element: antigen; carcinogen. [< French -gène « Greek -genēs born, produced; akin to gígnesthai to beget, and to Latin genus, kin] Gen. 1. General. 2. Genesis. gen. 1. gender. 2. genitive. 3. genus. EncyclopediaSeegen-gen
-gen word element [Gr.], an agent that produces.-gen (jen), Suffix meaning "precursor of."
See also: pro- (2). -gen Suffix denoting "precursor of."
See also: pro- (2) -gen Combining form denoting something that produces or creates, as in PATHOGEN. |