-genous

1.
a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns with stems in -gen: erogenous .
Origin
-gen + -ous
British Dictionary definitions for -genous

-genous

combining form
1.
yielding or generating: androgenous, erogenous
2.
generated by or issuing from: endogenous
Word Origin
from -gen + -ous
Word Origin and History for -genous

word-forming element meaning "generating, producing, yielding;" see -gen + -ous.

-genous in Medicine

-genous suff.

  1. Producing; generating: hematogenous.

  2. Produced by or produced in a specified manner: exogenous.