genetic engineering

noun

Etymology

Made popular by Jack Williamson in his book Dragon's Island (1941). First mentions of genetic engineering in print appear in the 1910s.

Definitions

  1. The practice or science of genetic modification.

  2. Genetic modification.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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