Transgenic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Transgenic is an adjective meaning An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
Meaning
An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
More Meanings
- 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.
Example Sentences
The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg.
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.
Word Forms
- transgenics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include genetic, arabidopsis, transformed, processed, recombinant, gm.
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