单词 | ectogenous |
释义 | ectogenous in American English (ɛkˈtɑdʒənəs) adjective that can develop outside the host said of certain parasitic bacteria: also ˌectoˈgenic (ˌɛktoʊˈdʒɛnɪk; ˌɛktəˈdʒɛnɪk)ectogenous in American English (ekˈtɑdʒənəs) adjective growing outside the body of the host, as certain bacteria and other parasites Also: ectogenic (ˌektəˈdʒenɪk) Word origin [1880–85; ecto- + -genous]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, automatism, interface, jackpot, quotation mark-genous is a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns with stems in -gen. Other words that use the affix -genous include: endogenous, heterogenous, isogenous, pleurogenous, terrigenous |
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