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a root that means "family"
-gen-
a biological unit of material passed from parent to child that determines which traits the child will inherit
gene
a suffix that means "having the quality or physical makeup of something"
-al
occurring at birth
congenital
a prefix that means "forward" or "before"
pro-
the offspring of living organisms
progeny
a root that means "race" or "type"
-gener-
a suffix that means "to cause to be" or "to make"
-ate
to bring into existence; to make happen
generate
type; class; category
genre
a suffix that means "having the quality or nature of something"
-ic/-ics
like all the others in a category or class
generic
