-genetic

a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -genesis:, parthenogenetic.

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-genesis

—*n combining form*
	indicating genesis, development, or generation: biogenesis; parthenogenesis

[New Latin, from Latin: genesis]

-genetic

—*adj combining form*

-genic

—*adj combining form*

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-genetic is always a great word to know.

So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

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"Like nuclear power, genetic engineering is not a neutral technology. It is by its very nature too powerful for our present state of social and scientific development, no matter whose hands are controlling it. Just as we would say, especially after Chernobyl, that a nuclear power plant is just as dangerous in a socialist nation as it is in a capitalist one, so I would say the same thing for genetic engineering. It is inherently Eugenic in that it always requires someone to decide what is a good and a bad gene."

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