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organogen

organogen noun: any of the four elements — carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen — that are especially characteristic of organic compounds.

Noun

organogen (plural organogens)

  1. (dated) Any of the four elements — carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen — that are especially characteristic of organic compounds.
  2. (dated) Any of certain other elements sometimes found in organic compounds, such as sulphur and phosphorus. Sometimes called pseud-organogen.

Forms of organogen

pluralorganogens

Origin of organogen

From organo- + -gen.

Questions about organogen

What does organogen mean?
Organogen means any of the four elements — carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen — that are especially characteristic of organic compounds.
What part of speech is organogen?
Organogen is a noun.
What is the plural of organogen?
The plural of organogen is organogens.

Words near organogen in the dictionary

  1. organogel
  2. organogelation
  3. organogelator
  4. organogelators
  5. organogels
  6. organogen
  7. organogeneses
  8. organogenesis
  9. organogenetic
  10. organogenetically
  11. organogenic

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