'-gen' definitions:
Definition of '-gen'
From: GCIDE
- -gen \-gen\ [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -g[`e]ne.]
- 1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen. [1913 Webster]