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noun
The introduction of DNA into a plant or animal cell by coating it onto the surface of a pellet and firing it into the tissue at high velocity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Blend of bio- + ballistics, itself from ballista + -ics or by surface analysis, ballistic + -s.
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