I. ¦tran(t)s¦jenə̇k, -raan-, -nz¦- adjective
Etymology: trans- + -genic
: being or used to produce an organism or cell of one species into which one or more genes of another species have been incorporated
transgenic mice
transgenic corn plants
transgenic techniques
also : produced by or composed of transgenic plants or animals
transgenic foods
II. noun
( -s )
1. : a transgenic plant or animal
2. transgenics plural but singular in construction : a branch of biotechnology concerned with the production of transgenic plants, animals, and foods