genetic engineering

English

Etymology

Made popular by Jack Williamson in his 1941 book Dragon's Island. First mentions of genetic engineering in print go back to the 1910s.

Noun

genetic engineering (uncountable)

The practice or science of genetic modification.
Genetic modification.

Related terms

Translations

practice or science of genetic modification

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 遺傳工程 (zh), 遗传工程 (zh) (yíchuán gōngchéng), 基因工程 (zh) (jīyīn gōngchéng), 基因重組技術, 基因重组技术 (jīyīn chóngzǔ jìshù), 基因拼接技術, 基因拼接技术 (jīyīn pīnjiē jìshù), DNA重組技術, DNA重组技术 (DNA chóngzǔ jìshù)
Czech: genetické inženýrství n, genové inženýrství n
Finnish: geenitekniikka
French: génie génétique m, ingénierie génétique f
German: Gentechnik (de) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Irish: innealtóireacht ghéiniteach f
Italian: ingegneria genetica (it) f

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: engenharia genética f
Romanian: inginerie genetică (ro) f, biogenetică f
Russian: генети́ческая инжене́рия (ru) f (genɛtíčeskaja inženérija), ге́нная инжене́рия (ru) f (génnaja inženérija)
Serbo-Croatian: genetički inženjering
Spanish: ingeniería genética f
Swedish: genteknik c
Thai: พันธุวิศวกรรม, วิศวกรรมพันธุศาสตร์

genetic modification — see genetic modification

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Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} genetiese manipulasie

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