Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0085 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-genic: Producing or Originating
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The idea
The suffix genic describes something that produces, or something that originates in, what its root identifies.
In practice
Carcinogenic describes an agent that produces cancer.
Where people slip
Genic runs both directions. Cardiogenic means originating in the heart, not producing a heart.
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