oncogene
‘a gene that produces cancer cells’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
onco ‘tumor’ + -gene < Gk. gignere ‘to beget, produce’ < jeen < gene- < Tamil īṉ
oncogene
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'
oncogene
‘a gene that produces cancer cells’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
onco ‘tumor’ + -gene < Gk. gignere ‘to beget, produce’ < jeen < gene- < Tamil īṉ
English words derived from Tamil īṉ connoting 'beget'