1. genetic(s = adj.all) familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
2. genetic(a = adj.pert) genetical, genic - of or relating to or produced by or being a gene; "genic combinations"; "genetic code"
3. genetic(a = adj.pert) - pertaining to or referring to origin; "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work"
4. genetic(a = adj.pert) genetical - of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research"
Derived forms noun gene1, noun genetics1
1. Same as Genetical. [1913 Webster]
2. Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic code. [PJC]
genetic, adj.
1 of genetics or genes; inherited.
2 of, in, or concerning origin; causal.
Idiom:
genetic code Biochem. the means by which genetic information is stored as sequences of nucleotide bases in the chromosomal DNA. genetic engineering the deliberate modification of the characters of an organism by the manipulation of DNA and the transformation of certain genes. genetic fingerprinting (or profiling) the analysis of characteristic patterns in DNA as a means of identifying individuals.
Derivative:
genetically adv.
Etymology:
GENESIS after antithetic
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