transgenic
transgenic · transgenics
An organism whose genome has been genetically modifiedAn organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
/tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/
» The transgenic rabbit in BBC’s Sherlock glowed in the dark.
mollydot · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesAn organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
Examples
1 sentencesThe transgenic rabbit in BBC’s Sherlock glowed in the dark.
Origin
From trans- + -genic.From trans- + -genic.
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Forms
plural: transgenics| Singular | transgenic |
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Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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