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pho⋅to⋅gen⋅ic

  [foh-tuh-jen-ik]
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–adjective
1. forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
2. Biology. producing or emitting light, as certain bacteria; luminiferous; phosphorescent.
3. Medicine/Medical. produced or caused by light, as a skin condition.
Origin:
1830–40; photo- + -genic

Related forms:
pho⋅to⋅gen⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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pho·to·gen·ic   (fō'tə-jěn'ĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Attractive as a subject for photography.

  2. Biology Producing or emitting light; phosphorescent: photogenic bacteria.

  3. Caused or produced by light: photogenic seizures.

pho'to·gen'i·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

photogenic 
1839, "produced or caused by light," from photo- + -genic "produced by." Originally in photogenic drawing, the early term for "photography;" meaning "photographing well" is first attested 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pho·to·gen·ic
Pronunciation: "fOt-&-'jen-ik
Function: adjective
1 : produced or precipitated by light<photogenic epilepsy> <photogenic dermatitis>
2 : producing or generating light : PHOSPHORESCENT <photogenic bacteria>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

photogenic pho·to·gen·ic (fō'tə-jěn'ĭk)
adj.

  1. Producing or emitting light; phosphorescent.

  2. Caused or produced by light, as a seizure.

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