-genin

See also: genin and Génîn

English

Etymology

From -gen +‎ -in, i.e. a compound (-in) formed from another compound (-gen).

Suffix

-genin

1. (chemistry) Used to form words for the aglycone (non-saccharide) residues of steroidal glycosides.

   saponin (a class of steroid glycosides) > sapogenin (the aglycone portions of saponins)

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -genin

• amelogenin
• angiogenin
• digitoxigenin
• digoxigenin
• diosgenin
• eugenin
• genin
• gitoxigenin
• parigenin
• phillygenin
• saligenin
• sapogenin
• thermogenin

 

Anagrams

• Ingen, engin, engin.