transgenic

/tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/ · noun

Meaning

An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
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.

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Related words

genetic(English)arabidopsis(English)transformed(English)processed(English)genetically-modified(English)genetically-engineered(English)recombinant(English)gmo(English)mice(English)oncogene(English)xenopus(English)cre(English)

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