-genic, suffix
(-ˈdʒɛnɪk)
[f. -gen + -ic]
forming adjectives with the meaning: ‘of, pertaining to, or relating to generation or production’; spec. (a) generating, producing, as carcinogenic, epeirogenic, pathogenic, pyrogenic; (b) generated, produced, originating in, as blastogenic, cryptogenic.
b. After photogenic a. used to form adjectives with the meaning ‘well suited for reproduction or dissemination in a particular medium’, as in radiogenic, telegenic.