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transgenic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK)
  • /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From trans- + -genic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.
    • The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg. 2008 May 19, David Batty, “Q&A: Hybrid embryos”, in The Guardian:
    • Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract, sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic crops. 2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Deriveds

monotransgenic · tritransgenic · transgenically · transgenicity · multitransgenic · transgenics · paratransgenic · untransgenic · bitransgenic · nontransgenic

Relateds

transgene

Translations (17)

es transgénico (genetically modified) · cmn 轉基因的 /转基因的 (genetically modified) · ja 遺伝子組み換え (genetically modified) · de transgen (genetically modified) · nl transgeen (genetically modified) · fi transgeeninen (genetically modified) · el διαγονιδιακός (genetically modified) · pt transgénico (genetically modified) · pt transgênico (genetically modified) · el διαγενετικός (genetically modified) · ast tresxénicu (genetically modified) · fi siirtogeeninen (genetically modified) · it transgenico (genetically modified) · ca transgènic (genetically modified) · ja トランスジェニック (genetically modified) · pl transgeniczny (genetically modified) · fr transgénique (genetically modified)

transgenic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK)
  • /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From trans- + -genic.

Meanings

  1. An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Forms

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transgenics Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

hybrid · transgenesis