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transgenesis

transgenesis noun: the process of introducing an exogenous gene into a living organism.

Noun

transgenesis (countable and uncountable, plural transgeneses)

  1. The process of introducing an exogenous gene into a living organism

Forms of transgenesis

pluraltransgeneses

Origin of transgenesis

From trans- + -genesis.

Questions about transgenesis

What does transgenesis mean?
Transgenesis means the process of introducing an exogenous gene into a living organism.
What part of speech is transgenesis?
Transgenesis is a noun.
What is the plural of transgenesis?
The plural of transgenesis is transgeneses.

Words near transgenesis in the dictionary

  1. transgenerational
  2. transgenerationality
  3. transgenerationally
  4. transgenes
  5. transgeneses
  6. transgenesis
  7. transgenetic
  8. transgenetically
  9. transgenic
  10. transgenically
  11. transgenicity

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