Tetragenous is a technical term used in biology to refer to organisms that produce four gametes during sexual reproduction. The word is pronounced /tɛtrəˈdʒenəs/ and is spelled with the prefix "tetra-" meaning "four" and the suffix "-genous" meaning "producing". The correct spelling of the word is crucial for scientific communication and understanding, and phonetic transcription using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) makes it easier to accurately spell and pronounce technical words like tetragenous.
Producing fours; noting a schizomycete dividing in two planes, thus producing groups of four, such as Micrococcus tetragenus.
A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.