SAPROGENIC

PRONUNCIATION: (sap-ro-JEN-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Causing or produced by decay.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek sapro- (rotten) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1876.
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SAPOROGENIC - giving rise to a Japanese Winter Olympics site

SAPROENIC - causing wine to turn to vinegar

'SPROGENIC - 's not antigenic (so it doesn't stimulate allergies)