OREXIGENIC

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-rek-suh-JEN-ik)

MEANING: adjective: Stimulating the appetite.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek orexis (longing) + -genic (producing). Earliest documented use: 1907.
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OREO-IGENIC - cookiemaker

T.REXIGENIC - ancestor of the Dinosaurs

OR EX-GENIC - alternatively, inheritable but outside the DNA