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-gene

 - 2 dictionary results
-gen or -gene  
suff.  
  1. Producer: androgen.

  2. One that is produced: phosgene.


[French -gène, from Greek -genēs, born; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
-gene  
suff.  Variant of -gen.
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