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cloning

The definition of cloning is the technique of making an identical copy of something.

(verb)

When a copy is made of someone's DNA and genetic makeup, this is an example of cloning.

See cloning in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

the technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of an organism by replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized ovum with the nucleus of a body cell from the organism

Origin: see clone

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