biogenic

1. 1.

   produced by living organisms or biological processes

   “fermentation is a biogenic process”
2. 2.

   essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes

   “sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism”

   Similaressential

Questions about biogenic

What does biogenic mean?

biogenic means "produced by living organisms or biological processes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in biogenic?

biogenic has 4 syllables: bi-o-ge-nic. The stress falls on "ge".

Is biogenic a common word?

biogenic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.