-gen

短语

[医]〔词尾〕原, 剂：加到词干上指该词干表示的物体或状态产生的动因, 如过敏原(allergen), 冷冻剂(cryogen), 致病原(pathogen)

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.

    mutagen ― an agent that gives rise to mutations

    tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

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