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The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is

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The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is

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The suffix that means a substance or agent that produces or causes is "-gen". This suffix is commonly used in scientific terminology. For example, in the word "carcinogen", "carcino-" refers to cancer and "-gen" indicates that it is something that produces or causes cancer.

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