Leptogenic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing weight loss

    "With leptogenic drugs, he lost the weight he gained because of his treatment."

  2. 2
    Pertaining to leptogenesis, the creation of leptons

    "Some of these leptogenic models of supersymmetry could even be probed by the LHC."

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"With leptogenic drugs, he lost the weight he gained because of his treatment."

Etymology

From lepto- + -genic.

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