| ADAPTOGEN | • adaptogen n. (Medicine) Any natural herbal substance (such as ginseng) that is supposed to help the body adapt to… • ADAPTOGEN n. any of various natural substances used in herbal medicine as regulators. |
| CHALCOGEN | • chalcogen n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any element of group 16 of the periodic table: oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium or polonium. • CHALCOGEN n. an element from group VI(B) of the periodic table, namely sulphur, selenium or tellurium. |
| CHROMOGEN | • chromogen n. (Chemistry) Any substance that lacks colour, but can be converted into a pigment or dye. • chromogen n. (Biology) A strongly pigmented organelle or organism. • CHROMOGEN n. a substance which can be converted to a dyestuff by the introduction of a polar group. |
| DICTYOGEN | • dictyogen n. (Botany, dated) A plant with net-veined leaves and monocotyledonous embryos, belonging to the class… • DICTYOGEN n. a monocotyledon with net-veined leaves. |
| GOITROGEN | • goitrogen n. Any agent that causes goiter, such as thiouracil. • GOITROGEN n. a substance (such as thiourea or thiouracil) that induces goiter formation. |
| IMMUNOGEN | • immunogen n. (Immunology) Any substance that elicits a immune response; an antigen. • IMMUNOGEN n. an antigen. |
| MORPHOGEN | • morphogen n. Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration… • MORPHOGEN n. a chemical substance that exerts an influence on morphogenesis. |
| MUCINOGEN | • mucinogen n. Alternative form of mucigen. • MUCINOGEN n. a substance secreted by mucous membrane, also MUCIGEN. |
| OESTROGEN | • oestrogen n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of estrogen. • œstrogen n. (Biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estrogen. • OESTROGEN n. a female sex-hormone, also ESTROGEN. |
| PHELLOGEN | • phellogen n. (Botany) The tissue of young cells that produces the phellem. • PHELLOGEN n. the tissue of young cells which produces cork cells. |
| TERATOGEN | • teratogen n. (Teratology) Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects. • TERATOGEN n. an agent that raises the incidence of congenital malformation. |
| TRIOXYGEN | • trioxygen n. (Inorganic chemistry) ozone (the triatomic allotrope of oxygen). • TRIOXYGEN n. a technical name for oxygen. |