TRANSGENIC


Meaning of TRANSGENIC in English

I. tran(t)s-ˈje-nik adjective

Date: 1982

: 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

II. noun

Date: 1986

1. plural but singular in construction : a branch of biotechnology concerned with the production of transgenic plants, animals, and foods

2. : a transgenic plant or animal

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.