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transgenic

adjective
🔊/ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk/
🔊/ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk/
(biology生物)
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  1. (of a plant or an animal植物或动物) having genetic material introduced from another type of plant or animal 转基因的synonym genetically modified
    • transgenic crops转基因作物
    Topics Biologyc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransgenic is used with these nouns:
    • corn
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    Word Origin1980s: from trans- ‘across’ + gene + -ic.

transgenic

noun
🔊/ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk/
🔊/ˌtrænzˈdʒenɪk/
 (biology生物)
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  1. transgenics
     [uncountable] the study or practice of creating transgenic plants or animals转基因学；转基因（做法）Topics Biologyc2
  2. [countable] a transgenic plant or animal转基因植物（或动物）Topics Biologyc2
    3. Word Origin1980s: from trans- ‘across’ + gene + -ic.