Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another species or breed.
  • adjective Of or relating to the study of transgenic organisms.
  • noun A transgenic organism.

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  • adjective Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; genetically modified.
  • noun An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Etymologies

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From trans- + -genic.

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  • (fr. Wordspy, adjective.) Describes an animal or plant that has been genetically altered.

    May 14, 2008

  • "But the more likely scenario is that H5N1 will borrow the relevant genetic code directly from another organism, in a process known as transgenic shift."

    —Steven Johnson, The Ghost Map (New York: Penguin, 2006), 245

    October 4, 2008