genetic

ge·net·ic

adj \jə-ˈne-tik\

Definition of GENETIC

1

: relating to or determined by the origin, development, or causal antecedents of something

2

a : of, relating to, or involving genetics b : of, relating to, caused by, or controlled by genes <a genetic disease> <genetic variation>

— ge·net·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Variants of GENETIC

ge·net·ic also ge·net·i·cal \-ti-kəl\

Examples of GENETIC

1. <hemophilia and other genetic medical disorders>

Origin of GENETIC

genesis

First Known Use: 1831

Related to GENETIC

Synonyms: hereditary (also genetical), heritable, inborn, inheritable, inherited

Antonyms: nonhereditary

Related Words: congenital, inbred, inherent, innate, native, natural

Near Antonyms: acquired

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Other Genetics Terms

chimera, hermaphrodite, plasticity

Rhymes with GENETIC

aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic