Meanings
adjectivetransgenic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.
The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg.
2008 May 19, David Batty, “Q&A: Hybrid embryos”, in The Guardian1 more example
Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract, sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic crops.
2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
nountransgenic (plural transgenics)
plural transgenics
- An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
Origin
Translations
Catalan transgènic
- transgènicgenetically modified
Chinese Mandarin 轉基因的 /转基因的
- 轉基因的 /转基因的 (zhuǎnjīyīn de)genetically modified
Dutch transgeen
- transgeengenetically modified
Finnish siirtogeeninen, transgeeninen
- siirtogeeninengenetically modified
- transgeeninengenetically modified
French transgénique
- transgéniquegenetically modified
German transgen
- transgengenetically modified
Greek διαγονιδιακός, διαγενετικός
- διαγονιδιακός (diagonidiakós)genetically modified
- διαγενετικός (diagenetikós)genetically modified
Italian transgenico
- transgenicogenetically modified
Japanese 遺伝子組み換え, トランスジェニック
- 遺伝子組み換え (idenshi kumikae)genetically modified
- トランスジェニック (toransujenikku)genetically modified
Polish transgeniczny
- transgenicznygenetically modified
Portuguese transgênico, transgénico
- transgênicogenetically modified
- transgénicogenetically modified
Spanish transgénico
- transgénicogenetically modified
Cite this entry
APA
transgenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgenic
MLA
“transgenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgenic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transgenic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transgenic.
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