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transgenic

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) transgenic (adjective)
  2. 2) transgenic (noun)

1trans·gen·ic

adj \tran(t)s-ˈje-nik\

Definition of TRANSGENIC

: being or used to produce an organism or cell of one species into which one or more genes of another species have been incorporated <a transgenic mouse> <transgenic crops>; also : produced by or consisting of transgenic plants or animals

First Known Use of TRANSGENIC

1982

Rhymes with TRANSGENIC

arsenic, asthenic, Edenic, eugenic, Hellenic, hygienic, irenic

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