-genic

comb. form forming adjectives meaning:
1 producing (carcinogenic; pathogenic).
2 well suited to (photogenic; radiogenic).
3 produced by (iatrogenic).
Derivatives:
-genically suffix forming adverbs.
Etymology: -GEN + -IC

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\\|jenik, -nēk, in senses 3 & 4 |jēn- or |jen-\ adjective combining form

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary -gen & -geny + -ic

1. : producing : forming

carcinogenic

acrogenic

2. : produced by : formed from

nephrogenic

3. [genic] : of or relating to a gene

intragenic

: having (a stipulated kind or number of) genes

polygenic

4. [photogenic] : suitable for production or reproduction by a (given) medium

telegenic

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a combining form often corresponding to nouns ending in -gen or -geny, with the following senses: "producing or causing" (hallucinogenic); "produced or caused by" (cosmogenic); "pertaining to a gene or genes" (polygenic); "pertaining to suitability for reproduction by a medium" (telegenic). Cf. -genous.

[see -GEN, -IC]

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-genic /-jen-ik or -jēn-ik/

combining form

1. Signifying: (1) productive of, generating, as in pathogenic, carcinogenic

2. (2) ideal or suitable for, as in photogenic

3. (3) caused by, as in iatrogenic

ORIGIN: ↑-gen and sfx -ic

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gen|ic «JEHN ihk», adjective.

Biology. of, produced by, or like a gene; genetic.

–gen´i|cal|ly, adverb.

-genic,

combining form.

1. producing; having to do with production: »

Carcinogenic = producing cancer.

2. suitable for; suitable for production or reproduction by: »

Photogenic = suitable for photography.

╂[< -gen + -ic]

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comb. form

1) producing

carcinogenic

■ produced by

iatrogenic

2) well suited to

mediagenic

•

Origin:

from + -ic

Origin:

on the pattern of words such as (photo)genic

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-genic, suffix

(-ˈdʒɛnɪk)

[f. -gen + -ic]

forming adjectives with the meaning: ‘of, pertaining to, or relating to generation or production’; spec. (a) generating, producing, as carcinogenic, epeirogenic, pathogenic, pyrogenic; (b) generated, produced, originating in, as blastogenic, cryptogenic.

b. After photogenic a. used to form adjectives with the meaning ‘well suited for reproduction or dissemination in a particular medium’, as in radiogenic, telegenic.