genetic engineering
genetic engineering
nounDefinition of GENETIC ENGINEERING
: the group of applied techniques of genetics and biotechnology used to cut up and join together genetic material and especially DNA from one or more species of organism and to introduce the result into an organism in order to change one or more of its characteristics
— genetically engineered adjective
— genetic engineer noun
See Examples of GENETIC ENGINEERING
- The crops were made resistant to disease by genetic engineering.
First Known Use of GENETIC ENGINEERING
1951
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