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The practice or science of genetic modification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gengineering
Antonyms: none provided
Genetic modification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gene-splicing, recombinant DNA technology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: biotechnology, biotech
Made popular by Jack Williamson in his book Dragon's Island (1941). First mentions of genetic engineering in print appear in the 1910s.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
enginyeria genètica
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Chinese Mandarin:
遺傳工程 /遗传工程
(yíchuán gōngchéng)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Chinese Mandarin:
基因工程
(jīyīn gōngchéng)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Chinese Mandarin:
基因重組技術 /基因重组技术
(jīyīn chóngzǔ jìshù)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Chinese Mandarin:
基因拼接技術 /基因拼接技术
(jīyīn pīnjiē jìshù)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Chinese Mandarin:
DNA重組技術 /DNA重组技术
(DNA chóngzǔ jìshù)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Czech:
genetické inženýrství
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Czech:
genové inženýrství
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Danish:
genforskning
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Esperanto:
gentekniko
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Finnish:
geenitekniikka
— practice or science of genetic modification
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French:
génie génétique
— practice or science of genetic modification
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French:
ingénierie génétique
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Galician:
enxeñaría xenética
— practice or science of genetic modification
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German:
Gentechnik
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Indonesian:
rekayasa genetika
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Irish:
innealtóireacht ghéiniteach
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Italian:
ingegneria genetica
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Japanese:
遺伝子工学
(idenshikōgaku)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Korean:
유전자공학
(yujeonjagonghak)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Malay:
kejuruteraan genetik
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Persian:
مهندسی ژنتیک
(mohandesi-ye ženetik)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Polish:
biogenetyka
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Polish:
inżynieria genetyczna
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Portuguese:
engenharia genética
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Romanian:
inginerie genetică
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Romanian:
biogenetică
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Russian:
генети́ческая инжене́рия
(genɛtíčeskaja inženérija)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Russian:
ге́нная инжене́рия
(génnaja inženérija)
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Serbo-Croatian:
genetički inženjering
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Spanish:
ingeniería genética
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Swahili:
uhandisi jeni
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Swedish:
genteknik
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Thai:
พันธุวิศวกรรม
— practice or science of genetic modification
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Thai:
วิศวกรรมพันธุศาสตร์
— practice or science of genetic modification
