genetic

¹

[ juh-net-ik ]

adjective

1. Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
2. of, relating to, or produced by genes; genic.
3. of, relating to, or influenced by geneses or origins.

-genetic

²

1. a suffix of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -genesis:

   parthenogenetic.

genetic

/ dʒɪˈnɛtɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to genetics, genes, or the origin of something

Derived Forms

• geˈnetically, adverb

Other Words From

• ge·neti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·ge·netic adjective
• hyper·ge·neti·cal adjective
• hyper·ge·neti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·ge·neti·cal·ness noun
• nonge·netic adjective
• nonge·neti·cal adjective
• nonge·neti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of genetic¹

First recorded in 1825–35; gene(sis) + -tic

Word History and Origins

Origin of genetic¹

C19: from genesis

Example Sentences

Some people can test positive for the virus’s genetic material for months after they get well, and shed no infectious virus.

From Science News For Students

That cut allows the virus to fuse with the cell membrane and dump its genetic material into the cell.

From Science News

Even though people probably detest mosquitoes more than moth larvae that can damage broccoli, the fact that the Florida Keys project involves genetic modification still stirs passion.

From Science News

Gene therapy trials are underway for several different genetic diseases, including sickle cell anemia, at least two different forms of inherited blindness, and Alzheimer’s, among others.

From Singularity Hub 

Now, a child who shows up at a hospital with severe mycobacterial infection is tested for these genetic defects and receives injections of interferon gamma.

From Quanta Magazine

The genetic material can grow quickly, but are typically riddled with errors or defects.

From The Daily Beast

But a 2011 study of genetic evidence from 30 ethnic groups in India disproved this theory.

From The Daily Beast

Prevalence depends on context, and sometimes unique advantages outweigh the genetic costs.

From The Daily Beast

Cryobanks, which screen for genetic disorders and STDs, cost big bucks; see here for some of the charges.

From The Daily Beast

Mitochondrial intervention is the practice of replacing DNA that carries a genetic disease.

From The Daily Beast

The most influential attempt at a genetic classification of the various historical forms of government was that of Aristotle.

From Project Gutenberg

On the contrary, taking the genetic view of childhood should give us certain advantages.

From Project Gutenberg

Hundreds of thousands of years of genetic weeding-out have produced things that would give even an electronic brain nightmares.

From Project Gutenberg

The intellectual nature of man is the same as that of angels who have no genetic connection with us.

From Project Gutenberg

He did not employ the comparative and genetic methods to which we owe the chief scientific achievements of the last half-century.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ancestral
• hereditary
• historical