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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transgenic /tranzˈdʒɛnɪk, trɑːnz-, -ns-/

▶adjective Biology containing genetic material into which DNA from a different organism has been artificially introduced.

– derivatives
transgene noun,
transgenics plural noun.

– origin 1980s: from trans- + gene + -ic.

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