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Webster 1913 Edition
-gen
-gen
.[(1) From Gr.
-γεν-
, from the same root as γένοσ
race, stock (see Genus
). (2) From Gr. suffix -γενήσ
born. Cf. F. -gène
.] 1.
A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
2.
A suffix meaning produced, generated;
as, exo
. gen