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See also: genic and -gènic

English

Etymology

Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/
  • Hyphenation: gen‧ic

Suffix

-genic (adjective-forming suffix, not comparable)

  1. Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
    ‎carcino- + ‎-genic → ‎carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”)
  2. Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something.
    ‎bacterio- + ‎-genic → ‎bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”)
  3. Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced.
    ‎tele- + ‎-genic → ‎telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -genic
abortigenic
abortogenic
abscessogenic
acetogenic
acidogenic
acnegenic
addictogenic
adenogenic
adhesiogenic
adipocytogenic
adipogenic
adrenalinogenic
aerogenic
aesthesiogenic
aflatoxigenic
agnogenic
algogenic
alkalinogenic
allogenic
amblyogenic
amnesiogenic
amniogenic
amphogenic
amyloidogenic
anaphylactogenic
angiogenic
anogenic
anorexigenic
anthropogenic
antlerogenic
anxiogenic
aortogenic
apoptogenic
aquagenic
arachnogenic
aristogenic
arrhenogenic
arrhythmogenic
arteriogenic
ascitogenic
ascosporogenic
atherogenic
atherothrombogenic
atrogenic
audiogenic
authigenic
autismogenic
autogenic
axiogenic
bacteriogenic
barfogenic
basogenic
bathygenic
biogenic
blastogenic
botulogenic
branchiogenic
bronchogenic
butyrogenic
cacogenic
calorigenic
cancerogenic
capsulogenic
carbogenic
carbonatogenic
carcinogenic
cardiogenic
cardiomyogenic
cariogenic
carotenogenic
carpogenic
cataractogenic
cementogenic
cerebrogenic
cervicogenic
chlorogenic
cholesterogenic
chondrogenic
chromogenic
ciliogenic
cinegenic
cladogenic
clastogenic
clonogenic
codogenic
colicinogenic
colitogenic
colonigenic
colonogenic
colorogenic
comedogenic
coprostanoligenic
cormogenic
corticogenic
cosmogenic
creologenic
criminogenic
crimogenic
cryogenic
cryptogenic
crystallogenic
cybergenic
cyclogenic
cystogenic
cytogenic
deciduogenic
dentinogenic
depressogenic
dermatogenic
dermogenic
deuterogenic
dextrinogenic
diabetogenic
diarrheagenic
diarrheogenic
diphygenic
diplogenic
dipsogenic
discogenic
dissociogenic
ductulogenic
dysgenic
dyskinesiogenic
dysmyelinogenic
echogenic
ectogenic
edemagenic
edematogenic
elastogenic
electrogenic
embryogenic
emetogenic
encephalitogenic
endogenic
enterogenic
enterotoxigenic
epigenic
epileptogenic
erectogenic
ergogenic
erotogenic
erythemogenic
erythrogenic
ethanologenic
ethnogenic
eugenic
euphorigenic
Eurogenic
exogenic
febrigenic
fibrinogenic
fibrochondrogenic
fibrogenic
fibromatogenic
fissiogenic
fluorogenic
folliculogenic
gambogenic
gametogenic
gastrogenic
gelogenic
gerogenic
glaciogenic
gliogenic
gliomagenic
glucogenic
granulogenic
gynecogenic
haematogenic
haemogenic
hematogenic
hemogenic
hepatogenic
heterogenic
histogenic
homicidogenic
homogenic
hybridogenic
hypnogenic
hypogenic
hysterogenic
iatrogenic
icterogenic
ideogenic
immunogenic
impactogenic
insulinogenic
ionogenic
iridogenic
isoechogenic
isogenic
karyogenic
keratogenic
ketogenic
kinesigenic
kinetogenic
lactogenic
leptogenic
leukemogenic
lipidogenic

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