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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -genic adj combining form - relating to production or generation: carcinogenic
- well suited to or suitable for: photogenic
Etymology: from -gen + -ic gen•ic ( jen′ik),USA pronunciation adj. [Biol.]- Geneticsof, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
-genic, - 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). Cf. -genous.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -genesis n combining form - indicating genesis, development, or generation: biogenesis, parthenogenesis
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin: genesis-genetic, -genic adj combining form |