What Does the Suffix Genic Mean?

1 : producing : forming carcinogenic. 2 : produced by : formed from biogenic.

Is genic a suffix?

Suffix meaning producing, forming; produced, formed by.

What is the root word for genic?

word-forming element meaning "producing, pertaining to generation;" see -gen + -ic.

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