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genetic engineer

noun

Etymology

Coined by Poul Anderson in his 1954 novella "Big Rain", after the term genetic engineering.

Definitions

  1. A scientist or engineer whose specialty is genetic engineering.

    • The culture of embryos in the laboratory, destined to develop into adults whose physical and, possibly, intellectual characteristics had been chosen in advance by the genetic engineers.

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