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Definition of 'genetic engineering'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) genetic engineering
the development and application of scientific procedures and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population.

2. genetic engineering
a technique producing unlimited amounts of otherwise unavailable or scarce biological products by introducing DNA from living organisms into bacteria and then harvesting the product, as human insulin produced in bacteria by the human insulin gene.

Etymology: (1965–70)

Definition of 'genetic engineering'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) genetic engineering, gene-splicing, recombinant DNA technology
the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism

Definition of 'genetic engineering'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. genetic engineering
Directed modification of the gene complement of a living organism by such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc.

Translation of 'genetic engineering'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the science of changing the genetic features of animals and plants.
Afrikaans: generiese manipulasie	Arabic: هَنْدّسَه وراثِيَّه	Bulgarian: генно инжинерство
Brazilian: engenharia genética	Czech: genetické inženýrství	German: die Gentechnik
Danish: genteknik	Greek: γενετική μηχανική	Spanish: ingeniería genética
Estonian: geenitehnoloogia	Farsi: مهندسی ژنتیک	Finnish: geenitekniikka
French: ingénierie génétique	Hebrew: הַנדָסָה גֶּנֶטִית	Hindi: आनुवंशिक अभियंत्रण
Croatian: genetski ineženjering	Hungarian: géntechnológia, génsebész	Indonesian: rekayasa genetika
Italian: ingegneria genetica	Japanese: 遺伝子工学	Korean: 유전공학
Lithuanian: genų inžinerija	Latvian: gēnu inženierija	Malay: kejuruteraan genetik
Dutch: genetische manipulatie	Norwegian: genmanipulering, gentekni	Polish: inżynieria genetyczna
Persian: مهندسی ژنتیک	Pashto: د ژنتیک انجینیر	Russian: генная инженерия
Slovak: genetické inžinierstvo	Slovenian: genetski inženiring	Serbian: genetski inženjering
Swedish: genmanipulation	Thai: พันธุวิศวกรรม	Turkish: genetik mühendisliği
Taiwanese: 遺傳工程	Ukrainian: генна інженерія	Urdu: پودوں اور حیوانوں کی جینی
Vietnamese: khoa học về biến đổi gien	Chinese: 遗传工程
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