-genic

-genic

suff.

1. Producing; generating: dysgenic.

2. Produced or generated by: cryptogenic.

3. Suitable for production or reproduction by a specified medium: photogenic.

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[-gen + -ic.]

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-genic

adj combining form

1. relating to production or generation: carcinogenic.

2. well suited to or suitable for: photogenic.

[from -gen + -ic]

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gen•ic

(ˈdʒɛn ɪk)

adj.

of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.

[1920–25]

-genic

a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen or -geny, with the following senses: “producing or causing” (hallucinogenic); “originating or developing in” (neurogenic); “pertaining to a gene or genes” (polygenic); “pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium” (telegenic).Compare -genous.

[see -gen, -ic]

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