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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The treatment of certain medical disorders, especially those caused by genetic anomalies or deficiencies, by introducing specific engineered genes into a patient's cells.
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- noun Any of several
therapies involving theinsertion of genes into a patient'scells in order to replacedefective ones
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