bi·o·gen·ic

[bahy-oh-jen-ik]
adjective
1.
resulting from the activity of living organisms, as fermentation.
2.
necessary for the life process, as food and water.

Origin:
1875–80; bio- + -genic

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biogenic (ˌbaɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
produced or originating from a living organism

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Biogenic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

biogenic
1904, with ref. to Haeckel's recapitulation theory; 1913 as "produced by living organisms," from bio- + genic "produced by" (see genus).
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Example sentences
Plants will respond by giving off more aromatic biogenic volatile organic compounds, the study concludes.
The first is to look for signs of life on other planets, perhaps using biogenic markers in their atmospheres.
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