Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Producer: androgen.
- n. One that is produced: phosgene.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of
producing ,generating : as, amphigen , amidogen , halogen . - A suffix meaning
produced ,generated .
Etymologies
- French -gène, from Greek -genēs, born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.
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