English words containing genic:

Meanings of Acidogenic:

adjective

Producing acid; forming an acid by chemical reaction or metabolic action.

Meanings of Aerogenic:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the spread of an infectious agent or disease through the air or the air passages of the body.

Meanings of Allergenic:

adjective

Causing or likely to cause allergic reactions (= physical problems caused by particular substances)

Usage examples:

Research is being done into hypoallergenic versions of foods that are commonly allergenic, like pea…

Meanings of Allogenic:

adjective

(of a mineral or sediment) transported to its present position from elsewhere.

Usage examples:

It is accompanied by homogenous, allogenic micrite that fills some voids.

Meanings of Allothigenic:

adjective

Of a mineral: older than the rock or deposit of which it forms part. contrasted with "authigenic".

Meanings of Anthropogenic:

adjective

(chiefly of environmental pollution and pollutants) originating in human activity.

Usage examples:

Anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide

Meanings of Antigenic:

adjective

Relating to or consisting of antigens (= substances that cause the body's immune system to react, especially causing it to produce antibodies)

Usage examples:

The flu vaccine's antigenic configuration changes yearly and is based on prevalent strains of the p…

Meanings of Atherogenic:

adjective

Tending to promote the formation of fatty deposits in the arteries.

Usage examples:

Overtreatment of multiple hormonal imbalances can cause central obesity and atherogenic and metabol…

Meanings of Audiogenic:

adjective

Caused or provoked by auditory stimuli.

Meanings of Authigenic:

adjective

(of minerals and other materials) formed in their present position.

Usage examples:

This mineral is probably authigenic clay that formed in the spring waters while the silica was bein…

Meanings of Autogenic:

adjective

Self-generated.

Usage examples:

Autogenic succession

Meanings of Biogenic:

adjective

Produced or brought about by living organisms.

Usage examples:

Biogenic sediments

Meanings of Bronchogenic:

adjective

Of bronchial origin.

Usage examples:

Final diagnoses included one bronchogenic cyst and one combined bronchogenic cyst and thymic hyperp…

Meanings of Carcinogenic:

adjective

Having the potential to cause cancer.

Usage examples:

There aren't a lot of good in vitro methods to predict carcinogenic potential.

Meanings of Cardiogenic:

adjective

Arising in the heart or caused by a heart condition.

Usage examples:

Patients presented with suspected acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

Meanings of Cariogenic:

adjective

Causing tooth decay.

Usage examples:

Since processed maize is highly cariogenic, dental caries and resulting tooth loss increase with th…

Meanings of Cosmogenic:

adjective

Relating to the origin or evolution of the universe.

Usage examples:

Advanced cosmogenic dating techniques

Meanings of Criminogenic:

adjective

(of a system, situation, or place) causing or likely to cause criminal behaviour.

Usage examples:

The criminogenic nature of homelessness

Meanings of Cryogenics:

noun

Another term for cryonics.

plural noun

The branch of physics dealing with the production and effects of very low temperatures.

Usage examples:

The munich researchers, wanting to stay in the business but having neither sufficient expertise nor…

Meanings of Crystallogenic:

adjective

Crystal-forming, producing crystallization.

Meanings of Cytogenic:

adjective

Producing cells (in early use specifically lymphoid cells); characterized by the production of cells; of or relating to cytogenesis.

Meanings of Cytopathogenicity:

noun

The property of being cytopathic; the degree to which a virus or other agent is cytopathic.

Meanings of Diabetogenic:

adjective

Causing diabetes; of or relating to the causation of diabetes.

Meanings of Dysgenics:

adjective

Exerting a detrimental effect on later generations through the inheritance of undesirable characteristics.

Usage examples:

Dysgenic breeding

Meanings of Electrogenic:

adjective

Producing a change in the electrical potential of a cell.

Usage examples:

As far as is known, 4 - cl-iaa has never been examined for its ability to regulate electrogenic act…