chimeric

adj
/kɪˈmɛɹɪk/UK

Etymology

From chimera + -ic.

  1. derived from Chimäre
  2. derived from *ǵʰey-
  3. derived from Χίμαιρα
  4. derived from Chimaera
  5. derived from chimère
  6. inherited from chimere
  7. suffixed as chimeric — “chimera + ic

Definitions

  1. Like a chimera.

  2. Imaginary, fanciful.

  3. Pertaining to a genetic chimera.

    • Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized.
    • Chimeric embryos are made by injecting cells or genetic material from one species into the embryo of another.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chimeric. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA