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-genic
word element [Gr.], giving rise to; causing.
-genic
(jen'ik),Producing, forming; produced, formed by.
[G. genos, birth]
-genic
word element [Gr.], giving rise to; causing.-genic
1 suffix meaning "causing, forming, producing": collagenic, hemorrhagenic, phosphagenic.
2 suffix meaning "produced by or formed from": bacillogenic, coccigenic, pituitarigenic.
3 suffix meaning "related to a gene": intragenic, polygenic, trigenic.
-genic
Suffix meaning producing, forming; produced, formed by.
[G. genos, birth]
-genic
Combining form denoting producing or creating, as in TERATOGENIC.-genic
word element. [Gr.] giving rise to, causing.