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leptogenic

leptogenic adjective: causing weight loss.

Adjective

leptogenic (comparative more leptogenic, superlative most leptogenic)

  1. Causing weight loss
    • With leptogenic drugs, he lost the weight he gained because of his treatment.
  2. Pertaining to leptogenesis, the creation of leptons
    • Some of these leptogenic models of supersymmetry could even be probed by the LHC.

Antonyms of leptogenic

Forms of leptogenic

comparativemore leptogenic
superlativemost leptogenic

Origin of leptogenic

From lepto- + -genic.

Questions about leptogenic

What does leptogenic mean?
Leptogenic means causing weight loss.
What part of speech is leptogenic?
Leptogenic is an adjective.

Words near leptogenic in the dictionary

  1. leptodorid
  2. leptodorids
  3. leptoform
  4. leptoforms
  5. leptogenesis
  6. leptogenic
  7. leptogluon
  8. leptogluons
  9. leptognathiid
  10. leptognathiids
  11. leptograptid

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