geno-, comb. formBiol.Brit.|ˈdʒɛnəʊ|, |ˈdʒiːnəʊ|, U.S.|ˈdʒɛnoʊ|, |ˈdʒinoʊ|[‹ gene n.1 + -o- connective, after German geno-(see genotype n.2).Earliest in genotype n.2, modelled on German. Formations within English are found from the 1920s onwards.]Affix. Forming terms relating to genes or genetics, as genophore n., genotype n.2
geno-/ˈdʒɛnəʊ, ˈdʒi:nəʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: from Greekgenos offspring, race: see -o-.
Forming nouns and adjectives with the senses ‘gene’ or ‘genus’.