genetic
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
genetics
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
religion
sciences
theology
Etymology: Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.
Base: γένεσις
Affixes: -κός
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Relating to genetics or genes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
“DNA from hunter-gatherers is present at higher levels in Northeastern Europe, which means the region has an elevated genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,” Barrie said.
gloss: Caused by genes.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of or relating to origin (genesis).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.
gloss: Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.
gloss: Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.
Synonyms: genealogical
genic
hereditary
Related words: gene
genetics
genetically
Derived words: agenetic
allogenetic
androgenetic
antigenetic
archaeogenetic
autogenetic
biogenetic
blastogenetic
carcinogenetic
chemogenetic
co-genetic
cogenetic
congenetic
cyanogenetic
cybergenetic
cyclogenetic
cytogenetic
demogenetic
diagenetic
diplogenetic
dysgenetic
embryogenetic
epigenetic
ethnogenetic
exogenetic
extragenetic
forward genetic
frontogenetic
frontogenetical
gametogenetic
genetic algorithm
genetic bottleneck
genetic code
genetic dead end
genetic determinism
genetic disorder
genetic diversity
genetic drift
genetic engineer
genetic engineering
genetic fallacy
genetic fingerprinting
genetic gap
genetic girl
geneticism
geneticist
geneticize
genetic lottery
genetic marker
genetic material
genetic memory
genetic modification
genetic pollution
genetic programming
genetic scissors
genetic sequencing
genetic sexual attraction
genetic spiral
gengineer
gengineering
genographic
geogenetic
glottogenetic
glycogenetic
haematogenetic
hematogenetic
heterogenetic
histogenetic
hologenetic
homogenetic
hybridogenetic
hypogenetic
ichnogenetic
immunogenetic
intergenetic
intragenetic
isogenetic
keratogenetic
ketogenetic
kinetogenetic
mechanogenetic
melanogenetic
metagenetic
metallogenetic
methanogenetic
mobile genetic element
monogenetic
monogenetic volcano
morphogenetic
multigenetic
myogenetic
neogenetic
nephrogenetic
neurogenetic
nongenetic
nucleogenetic
odontogenetic
oligogenetic
oncogenetic
oogenetic
oögenetic
optogenetic
organogenetic
orthogenetic
ovigenetic
palaeogenetic
palatogenetic
paleogenetic
pangenetic
paragenetic
pathogenetic
pedogenetic
petrogenetic
pharmacogenetic
phenogenetic
photogenetic
phylogenetic
phytogenetic
polygenetic
polygenetic volcano
pregenetic
protogenetic
psychogenetic
pyrogenetic
reverse genetic
rhythmogenetic
sociogenetic
sonogenetic
spatiogenetic
spermatogenetic
sporogenetic
steroidogenetic
telegenetic
teleogenetic
telogenetic
teratogenetic
thanatogenetic
therapygenetic
thermogenetic
thrombogenetic
transgenetic
vasculogenetic
xenogenetic
xylogenetic
zygogenetic
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