A chemical compound found in certain plants or organisms; a substance related to generation or origin.
From Greek 'genesis' (origin, creation) plus the chemical suffix '-in'. This is a technical term used in biochemistry or pharmacology for compounds associated with generative or life processes.
Many scientific compound names ending in '-in' (insulin, serotonin, melatonin) are half-Greek, half-Latin mash-ups created by 19th-century chemists who wanted names that sounded authoritative but were often meaningless.
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