What does "genetic engineering" mean?

The practice or science of genetic modification.

Genetic engineering

Common synonyms include: biotech applications, biotechnical, dna engineering, dna manipulation, gene editing, gene science.

noun

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Noun

1
The practice or science of genetic modification. uncountable
2
the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism wordnet
3
Genetic modification. uncountable

Made popular by Jack Williamson in his book Dragon's Island (1941). First mentions of genetic engineering in print appear in the 1910s.