Genetic Meaning
/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjRelating to genetics or genes.
adjCaused by genes.
Sentence Examples
There seems to be some genetic problem with this animal.
Through genetic engineering, corn can produce its own pesticides.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor studied the ____ factors that cause the disease.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Some disorders are purely ____ and can be passed down from parents to their children through their DNA.
Word Origin & History
Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better."
— 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
"“DNA from hunter-gatherers is present at higher levels in Northeastern Europe, which means the region has an elevated genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,” Barrie said."
— 2024 January 11, Katie Hunt, “Gene that protected humans 5,000 years ago may be linked to debilitating modern disease”, in CNN:
"All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts."
— 1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858:
"Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central."
— 2016 September 15, Koji Yamashiro, edited by Yochai Ataria, David Gurevitz, Haviva Pedaya, and Yuval Neria, Trauma and Monotheism: Sugmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism and the Possibility of Writing a Traumatic History of Religion, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →DOI, →ISBN, page 251:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor studied the ____ factors that cause the disease.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Some disorders are purely ____ and can be passed down from parents to their children through their DNA.