trans·gen·ic
tran(t)s-ˈje-nik 
: 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
1
transgenics plural in form but singular in construction
: a branch of biotechnology concerned with the production of transgenic plants, animals, and foods
2
: a transgenic plant or animal
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Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
The transgenic fish are also sterile and can’t reproduce unless they are injected with reproductive hormones, the researchers said in their scientific paper published online at bioRxiv.
—al, 5 Feb. 2023
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
The animals are the first transgenic echinoderms, the phylum that includes starfish, sea cucumbers and other marine animals.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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Adjective
Generation of human chronic wasting disease in transgenic mice
CWD-Info.org.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
The transgenic fish are also sterile and can’t reproduce unless they are injected with reproductive hormones, the researchers said in their scientific paper published online at bioRxiv.
—al, 5 Feb. 2023
Noun
Sea urchins made to order: Scripps scientists make transgenic breakthrough.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
The animals are the first transgenic echinoderms, the phylum that includes starfish, sea cucumbers and other marine animals.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
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transgenic
1 of 2 adjective
trans·gen·ic
ˌtran(t)s-ˈjen-ik, ˌtranz-
: being or used to produce an organism or cell of one species into which one or more genes of other species have been incorporated
transgenic mice
transgenic corn plants
transgenic techniques
also
: produced by or composed of transgenic plants or animals
transgenic foods
transgenic
2 of 2 noun1
: a transgenic plant or animal
2
transgenics plural in form but singular in construction
: a branch of biotechnology concerned with the production of transgenic plants, animals, and foods
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