What does Genetic mean?

Definitions for Genetic
dʒəˈnɛt ɪkge·net·ic

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Genetic.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

    "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

  2. genic, genetic, geneticaladjective

    of or relating to or produced by or being a gene

    "genic combinations"; "genetic code"

  3. geneticadjective

    pertaining to or referring to origin

    "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work"

  4. genetic, geneticaladjective

    of or relating to the science of genetics

    "genetic research"

GCIDE

  1. Geneticadjective

    Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic code.

Wiktionary

  1. geneticadjective

    relating to genetics or genes

  2. geneticadjective

    caused by genes

  3. geneticadjective

    of or relating to origin (genesis)

    1858: 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. Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858

ChatGPT

  1. genetic

    Genetic pertains to the genes or heredity, the biological factors and processes that determine the inherited physical and behavioral characteristics of an organism. It also refers to the field of science studying these aspects.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Geneticadjective

    same as Genetical

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Genetic' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4763

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Genetic' in Adjectives Frequency: #650

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Genetic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Genetic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Genetic in a Sentence

  1. Carolina Sueldo:

    This would dramatically impact the way infertility treatments are provided to patients in those states. These treatments are not only for infertility, but also for genetic diseases( and) recurrent miscarriages.

  2. Josef Penninger:

    We looked at the genetic maps of people with a BMI [ body mass index ] below 18 and compared them with those of people of normal weight and found the [ genetic variant ] that correlated with being super skinny.

  3. Craig Hilton-Taylor:

    Losing these plants would reduce the genetic diversity of tea.

  4. David Marrero:

    If it's type 2 you can lose weight and increase physical activity and really reduce the risk if you have a genetic or family link.

  5. Allan Hanson:

    Often they will select a sperm donor from the kind of guy that she might have married, a lot of essays assume that the minute you can improve the genetic quality of your child you will do this, that this will become a fertility arms race. I don't find that in the research I've done. I don't see that changing.

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