Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transgenic

/tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: trans-genic
IPA: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.

noun

An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.

Example Sentences

"The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg."
"Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract, sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic crops."

Etymology

From trans- + -genic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans
Suffix: genic

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/

Inflected Forms

transgenics (plural)

Derived Forms

bitransgenic monotransgenic multitransgenic nontransgenic paratransgenic transgenically transgenicity transgenics tritransgenic untransgenic

Frequently Paired Words

transgene transgenesis hybrid

Rhymes With

schizophrenic pathogenic photogenic hellenic anthropogenic carcinogenic hallucinogenic fenech splenic eugenic psychogenic orogenic

Questions

How do you pronounce transgenic?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/.
What does transgenic mean?: Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.
Where does transgenic come from?: From trans- + -genic.

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