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Transgenic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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. not-comparable

    "The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg."

Noun
  1. 1
    An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From trans- + -genic.

Etymology 2

From trans- + -genic.

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