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Word
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Definition
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| abiogenesis
| spontaneous generation of living matter
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| aerogenesis
| forming or generating gas or air
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| aesthesiogenic
| producing or causing a sensation
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| agamogenesis
| reproduction by non-sexual means
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| allergenic
| producing allergies
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| angiogenesis
| production of blood vessels
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| anogenic
| formed from below or beneath
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| anthropogenesis
| origin of human beings
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| autogenesis
| spontaneous generation
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| bibliogenesis
| production of books
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| biogenesis
| theory that all life is derived from living matter alone
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| blastogenesis
| reproduction by budding
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| caenogenesis
| process of growth in individual not common in its species
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| carcinogenesis
| causing cancer
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| cariogenic
| causing dental cavities
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| carpogenous
| producing or bearing fruit
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| catogenic
| formed from above
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| cauligenous
| originating on the stem of a plant
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| chondrogenesis
| production of cartilage
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| cladogenesis
| origin and evolution as if branching from common ancestor
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| comedogenic
| causing blackheads; causing acne
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| coralligenous
| producing coral
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| cosmogenic
| produced by interaction of cosmic rays with earth's surface
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| criminogenic
| causing crime
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| cryptogenic
| of unknown origin
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| crystallogenesis
| production of crystals
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| cyanogenesis
| production of cyanide
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| cytogenesis
| formation of cells
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| diagenesis
| production of rock out of sediment
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| diplogenesis
| doubling of ordinarily single organ or part
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| dynamogenesis
| production of increased nerve activity
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| dysgenesis
| sterility in hybrid creatures
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| ectogenesis
| variation in response to outside conditions
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| electrogenesis
| production of electricity
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| embryogenesis
| production of an embryo
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| endogenous
| having no external cause
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| epeirogenesis
| building continents by moving of earth's crust
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| epigenesis
| theory of embryonic development
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| erogenesis
| induction of sexual desire; production of arousal
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| erotogenic
| producing erotic desire or sexual gratification
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| ethnogenesis
| origin of an ethnic group
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| ethnogeny
| study of origins of races or ethnic groups
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| exogenous
| having an external origin
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| frontogenesis
| creation of a weather front by meeting of air currents
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| gametogenesis
| formation of gametes
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| gamogenesis
| sexual reproduction
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| gelogenic
| tending to produce laughter
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| geogenous
| growing on the ground
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| geogeny
| science of the formation of the earth's crust
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| geomorphogeny
| study of the origins of land forms
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| gluconeogenesis
| production of glucose from non-carbohydrates
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| glycogenesis
| production of glycogen
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| haematogenesis
| production of blood
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| hallucinogenic
| causing hallucinations
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| heterogenesis
| spontaneous or alternate generation
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| histogenesis
| the formation or differentiation of tissues
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| hydrogenic
| caused or formed by water
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| hylogenesis
| the origin of matter
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| hypnogeny
| production of the hypnotic state
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| hypoallergenic
| causing few allergies
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| hysterogenic
| causing hysteria
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| iatrogenic
| induced inadvertently by medical treatment
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| icterogenic
| causing jaundice
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| ideogenetic
| producing images or ideas
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| ideogenous
| being of mental origin
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| ideogeny
| study of origins of ideas
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| ignigenous
| produced by fire
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| immunogenic
| producing an immune response
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| isogeny
| sameness or similarity of origin
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| keratogenic
| causing growth of horn, skin or hair
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| kinetogenic
| causing movement
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| lachrymogenic
| causing tears or weeping
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| lactogenic
| producing milk
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| lithogenous
| rock-building
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| lysigenic
| caused by the breaking down of cells
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| mammogenic
| promoting growth of the milk glands
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| marigenous
| produced by or in the sea
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| merogenesis
| segmentation
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| metallogenic
| metal occurring as an ore as opposed to in rocks
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| metallogeny
| study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits
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| mitogenic
| causing cell division
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| monogenesis
| origin of offspring from identical parent
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| morphogenesis
| origin or development of a body part or organ
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| mutagenesis
| origin or induction of mutation
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| myogenic
| having a muscular origin
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| mythogenesis
| origin of myths
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| necrogenic
| deriving from dead animals
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| neogenesis
| producing regeneration of tissue
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| nepheligenous
| discharging smoke in clouds
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| neurogenesis
| production or generation of nerves
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| noegenesis
| production of knowledge
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| nomogeny
| origin of life according to natural law
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| nonpathogenic
| not causing disease
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| noogenesis
| evolution of the mind
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| nubigenous
| cloud-born
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| odontogeny
| origin and development of teeth
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| oestrogenic
| producing female sex hormones
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| oncogenesis
| producing cancerous tumours
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| ontogenesis
| origin and development of a single individual organism
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| oogenesis
| production of eggs or ova
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| organogenesis
| origin or development of living organs
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| orogenesis
| mountain-building
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| orthogenesis
| directional evolution of organisms
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| osteogenesis
| production or formation of bone
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| paedogenesis
| reproduction by an infant or larval organism
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| palingenesis
| new birth; reincarnation; second creation
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| paragenesis
| formation of minerals as a joined mass
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| parthenogenesis
| reproduction by a virgin or by means of an unfertilized egg
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| pathogenesis
| causation or production of disease
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| petrogenesis
| formation or development of rocks
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| phenogenesis
| origin of racial groups
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| phlogogenetic
| causing inflamation
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| phylogenesis
| origin and history of a species' evolution
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| phytogenesis
| origin and development of plants
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| phytogenic
| derived from plants
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| planetogeny
| theory of the origin of planets
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| polygenesis
| theory that humans derived from many separate origins
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| polygenous
| of multiple origin or composition
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| precipitinogenic
| causing precipitation
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| protogenic
| formed at the beginning
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| psychogenesis
| origin and development of the mind
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| pyogenic
| pus-forming
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| pyrogenous
| produced by or producing heat or fever
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| pythogenic
| produced by filth; causing dirt or decay
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| rachitogenic
| causing rickets
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| radiogenic
| produced by radioactive disintegration
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| rhinogenous
| deriving from the nose
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| rhizogenic
| producing or growing roots
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| saprogenous
| growing on decaying material; causing putrefaction
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| schizogenesis
| reproduction by division
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| skeletogenous
| producing a skeleton
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| sociogenesis
| origin of human societies
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| soligenous
| produced by the sun
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| somatogenic
| caused from within the body or by the cells of the body
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| spermatogenesis
| producing sperm
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| spermiogenesis
| producing sperm
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| spodogenous
| caused by waste matter
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| sporogenesis
| reproduction by means of spores
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| steatogenous
| producing fat
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| syngenesis
| sexual reproduction
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| taphrogenesis
| vertical movement of the earth’s crust
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| teratogenic
| producing monsters or abnormal growth
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| terrigenous
| produced on land; produced by the land
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| tetanigenous
| causing tetanus
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| thaumatogeny
| doctrine of the miraculous origin of life
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| thermogenesis
| production of heat
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| thymogenic
| due to emotion
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| toxicogenic
| producing or produced by poisons
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| trichogenous
| producing hair
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| tumorigenic
| producing tumours
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| typhogenic
| causing fever
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| unigenous
| of the same origin, kind or sort
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| urogenous
| producing or produced in urine
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| venigenous
| containing veins of metal or quartz
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| viridigenous
| producing greenness
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| vitelligenous
| producing yolk
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| xenogenous
| due to an outside cause
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| xylogenous
| growing on wood
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| zoogenic
| produced from animals
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| zymogenic
| causing fermentation
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