English
Etymology
Made popular by Jack Williamson in his book Dragon's Island (1941). First mentions of genetic engineering in print appear in the 1910s.
Pronunciation
Noun
genetic engineering (uncountable)
- The practice or science of genetic modification.
- Synonym: gengineering
- Genetic modification.
Translations
practice or science of genetic modification
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: enginyeria genètica f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 遺傳工程 / 遗传工程 (zh) (yíchuán gōngchéng), 基因工程 (zh) (jīyīn gōngchéng), 基因重組技術 / 基因重组技术 (jīyīn chóngzǔ jìshù), 基因拼接技術 / 基因拼接技术 (jīyīn pīnjiē jìshù), DNA重組技術 / DNA重组技术 (DNA chóngzǔ jìshù)
- Czech: genetické inženýrství n, genové inženýrství n
- Danish: genforskning c
- Esperanto: gentekniko
- Finnish: geenitekniikka
- French: génie génétique (fr) m, ingénierie génétique f
- Galician: enxeñaría xenética f
- German: Gentechnik (de) f
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: rekayasa genetika (id)
- Irish: innealtóireacht ghéiniteach f
- Italian: ingegneria genetica (it) f
- Japanese: 遺伝子工学 (いでんしこうがく, idenshikōgaku)
- Korean: 유전자공학(遺傳子工學) (yujeonjagonghak)
- Malay: kejuruteraan genetik (ms)
- Persian: مهندسی ژنتیک (mohandesi-ye ženetik)
- Polish: biogenetyka f, inżynieria genetyczna f
- Portuguese: engenharia genética f
- Romanian: inginerie genetică (ro) f, biogenetică f
- Russian: генети́ческая инжене́рия (ru) f (genɛtíčeskaja inženérija), ге́нная инжене́рия (ru) f (génnaja inženérija)
- Serbo-Croatian: genetički inženjering
- Spanish: ingeniería genética f
- Swahili: uhandisi jeni
- Swedish: genteknik c
- Thai: พันธุวิศวกรรม, วิศวกรรมพันธุศาสตร์
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- Afrikaans: (please verify) genetiese manipulasie
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