transgenic
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/, /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/
Adjective
transgenic (not comparable)
- 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.
- 2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- 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.
Derived terms
- bitransgenic
- monotransgenic
- transgenics sg (noun)
- tritransgenic
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Translations
genetically modified
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