transgenic
nounEtymology From trans- + -genic.
1
An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
- Related terms
- transgenesis, hybrid
transgenic
adjUK /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/
Etymology From trans- + -genic.
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.
- The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg.2008 May 19, David Batty, “Q&A: Hybrid embryos”, in The Guardian:
- 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.2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- bitransgenic, monotransgenic, multitransgenic, nontransgenic, paratransgenic, transgenically, transgenicity, transgenics, tritransgenic, untransgenic
- Related terms
- transgene