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. The FDA:

    The FDA will continue to monitor SARS-CoV-2 genetic viral variants to ensure authorized tests continue to provide accurate results for patients.

  2. Tony Capra:

    We can't blame Neanderthals for Covid. That's a damaging response, and that's why I want to emphasize so much the social and environmental factors are the real things that people should be worrying about, that said, as a geneticist, I think it is important to know the evolutionary history of the genetic variants we find that do have effects on traits. The effects of Neanderthal DNA traits are detectable, but they're modest.

  3. Bence Viola:

    These Denisovans who were all found have twice as much genetic diversity as Neanderthals and close to as much genetic diversity as we see in modern humans, which is pretty surprising.

  4. Robert Doyle:

    You can't diagnosis ADHD in a vacuum; there are a multitude of factors at play, aDHD is also a highly genetic condition, if a man and a women get together, and each of them have ADHD, their risk for having a child with ADHD is about 75%.

  5. Alberto Gutierrez:

    The FDA believes that in many circumstances it is not necessary for consumers to go through a licensed practitioner to have direct access to their personal genetic information.

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