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-genic
-genicsuff.1. Producing; generating: dysgenic.2. Produced or generated by: cryptogenic.3. Suitable for production or reproduction by a specified medium: photogenic.
[-gen + -ic.]-genic adj combining form 1. relating to production or generation: carcinogenic. 2. well suited to or suitable for: photogenic. [from -gen + -ic]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] -genic
-genic word element [Gr.], giving rise to; causing.-genic (jen'ik), Producing, forming; produced, formed by. [G. genos, birth] -genic Suffix meaning producing, forming; produced, formed by. [G. genos, birth]-genic Combining form denoting producing or creating, as in TERATOGENIC.ThesaurusSeegenic |