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-genesis
suff.
Origin; production: abiogenesis.
[Latin, from Greek, birth, origin; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
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-genesis
n combining form
indicating genesis, development, or generation: biogenesis; parthenogenesis.
[New Latin, from Latin: genesis]
-genetic, -genic adj combining form
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gen•e•sis
(ˈdʒɛn ə sɪs)n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz)
an origin, creation, or beginning.
[1595–1605; < Latin < Greek génesis origin, source, derivative (with -sis -sis) of gígnesthai to beget]
Gen•e•sis
(ˈdʒɛn ə sɪs)n.
the first book of the Bible, dealing with the Creation and the patriarchs.
-genesis
a combining form of genesis: parthenogenesis.
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