/jeuh net"iks/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
1. Biol. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
2. the genetic properties and phenomena of an organism.
[ see GENETIC, -ICS; term first proposed in this sense by British biologist William Bateson (1861-1926) in 1905 ]