melanogen etymology

English word melanogen comes from English -gen (A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.), English melano- (Melanin.)

Detailed word origin of melanogen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-gen English (eng) A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.
melano- English (eng) Melanin.
melanogen English (eng) A chromogen in urine which is converted into melanin.

Words with the same origin as melanogen

Descendants of -gen
acrogen androgen antiflorigenic carcinogen carcinogenic chalcogenide comedogenic estrogen gasogen hallucinogen hallucinogenic litogen morphogen mutagen narced neogen nitragin nitrogen organogen osteogen procarcinogen pruritogen pyrogen zymogen
Descendants of melano-
eumelanosome melanoblast melanocratic melanocyte melanoderma melanofilament melanoid melanolysosome melanoma melanomacrophage melanophage melanophore melanoprotein melanopsin melanosarcoma melanosis melanosomal melanosome melanotubule melanous melanuria pheomelanosome