morphogen etymology

English word morphogen comes from English -gen (A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.), English morpho- (Shape, form, or morphology.)

Detailed word origin of morphogen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-gen English (eng) A producer of something, e.g. hydrogen.
morpho- English (eng) Shape, form, or morphology.
morphogen English (eng) Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.

Words with the same origin as morphogen

Descendants of -gen
acrogen androgen antiflorigenic carcinogen carcinogenic chalcogenide comedogenic estrogen gasogen hallucinogen hallucinogenic litogen melanogen mutagen narced neogen nitragin nitrogen organogen osteogen procarcinogen pruritogen pyrogen zymogen
Descendants of morpho-
dysmorphology geomorphology histomorphology histomorphometric macromorphology morphoanatomical morphodynamical morphodynamically morphofunctional morpholexical morphological morphology morphometrically morphonomy morphoparadigm morphophonemic morphophonetic morphophonology morphophysiology morphosemantics morphospecies morphotectonics morphotonemic osteomorphology phytomorphology