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DEFINITION of -gn-

be born see also: nat- In medical terminology, -gen / -genic / -genesis all track the idea of origin and production:

• Etiologic sense (cause)
• Carcinogenic: capable of producing cancer.
• Cardiogenic shock: shock caused by heart failure as the primary origin.​
  • Source/location sense
  • Endogenous: originating within the body or the specific organ/system.
  • Exogenous: originating outside the organism (e.g., exogenous infection, exogenous >insulin). >- Process/formation sense >- Osteogenesis: process of bone formation. >- Hemopoiesis overlaps conceptually (blood formation), but uses a different root. >- For coding/clinical reading, you can mentally substitute “origin / production / formation” whenever you see a -gen- family ending in a diagnosis or pathophysiology phrase.

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ETYMOLOGY of -gn-

latin (g)nasci, natus; - From greek -γενής (-genēs) = “born of, produced by, of a certain kind.”​

• Ultimately from the Greek verbal root γεν- as in γεννάειν (gennaein) = “to beget, to give birth, to be born.”
• Related to Greek γένος (genos) = “kind, race, stock, family, offspring, class,” which underlies words like genetics, genotype, genocide.

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RELATED TERMS to -gn-

Term	Meaning	Prefix/Suffix?	Notes
-gn-	be born	-	-
nat-	YES	-	-

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DERIVATIONS of -gn-

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Query functionality

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