Medical Dictionary
congener
noun con·ge·ner \ˈkän-jə-nər, kən-ˈjē-\
Medical Definition of CONGENER
1
: a member of the same taxonomic genus as another plant or animal
2
: a chemical substance related to another <tetracycline and its congeners>
—con·ge·ner·ic \ˌkän-jə-ˈner-ik\ adjective
Variants of CONGENER
con·ge·ner also co·ge·ner \ˈkō-ˌjē-nər, kō-ˈ\
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