transgenic

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ -genic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/, /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/

Adjective

transgenic (not comparable)

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.
   • 2008 May 19, David Batty, “Q&A: Hybrid embryos”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

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

   • 2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.

Derived terms

• bitransgenic
• monotransgenic
• transgenics sg (noun)
• tritransgenic

Related terms

• transgene

Translations

genetically modified

• Catalan: transgènic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉基因的／转基因的 (zhuǎnjīyīn de)

• Dutch: transgeen (nl)
• Finnish: siirtogeeninen (fi), transgeeninen
• French: transgénique (fr)
• German: transgen (de)
• Greek: διαγονιδιακός (el) (diagonidiakós), διαγενετικός (el) (diagenetikós)
• Italian: transgenico (it)
• Japanese: 遺伝子組み換え (idenshi kumikae), トランスジェニック (toransujenikku)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: transgeniczny (pl)
• Portuguese: transgênico (pt) (Brazil), transgénico (Portugal)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: transgénico (es)

Noun

transgenic (plural transgenics)

1. An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Related terms

• transgenesis

See also

• hybrid

Anagrams

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