genetic Definition
ge·netic (jə net′ik)
genetic Related Forms
ge·net′i·cally adverb
genetic Synonyms
genetic
modif.
genetic Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- include: The event, held at Cardiff University, attracted a large number of participants including genetic counseling students, social scientists and clinicians.
- provide: There is also the opportunity of providing better genetic counseling for families with the syndrome.
Modifies a noun
- modification: Genetic modification can also overcome species barriers, allowing genes to be used in new ways.
- engineering: You can't do genetic engineering in your back garden.
- testing: Genetic testing in the workplace is illegal in Norway.
- predisposition: The focus of our lab is on genetic predisposition to cancer.
- algorithm: A parallel genetic algorithm for the set partitioning problem.
- mutation: In fact, Cal has inherited a rare genetic mutation.
Modifying Another Word
- purely: If the families could request that their GP specifies if they would like to receive purely genetic advice or help with prosthetics.
- mostly: Almost one in ten incorrectly assume that premature birth is mostly genetic and runs in the family.
- probably: It's an incurable immune system illness, probably genetic in origin and mainly suffered by females.
- forward: A forward genetic screen using Drosophila melanogaster that provides insight into these characteristics is described here.
- once: Once genetic material is lost, it is irretrievable.
- essentially: As the tube grows, the contents of the pollen grain - essentially genetic material - passes down the tube.
Preposition: in
origin: It's an incurable immune system illness, probably genetic in origin and mainly suffered by females.
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