Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of
producing ,generating : as, amphigen , amidogen , halogen . - A suffix meaning
produced ,generated .
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- suffix A
producer of something, e.g.hydrogen .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek -γενής (genēs, "producer of")
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