Genetic

Adjective

 * 1)  relating to genetics or genes
 * 2) caused by genes
 * 3) of or relating to origin (genesis)

Synonyms

 * hereditary

Derived terms

 * genetic algorithm
 * genetic code
 * genetic disorder
 * genetic drift
 * genetic engineer
 * genetic engineering
 * genetic fingerprinting
 * genetic material
 * genetic modification

Related terms

 * gene
 * genetics
 * genetically

Thesaurus
abiogenetic, aboriginal, advancing, atavistic, basal, basic, biogenetic, blastogenetic, bodily, born, bradytelic, central, clannish, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, crucial, developing, elemental, elementary, embryonic, epigenetic, ethnic, eumerogenetic, evolutional, evolutionist, evolutionistic, evolving, family, fundamental, gametic, generative, genial, genic, genital, genitive, gentile, gentilic, germinal, hereditary, heterogenetic, histogenetic, homogenetic, horotelic, in embryo, in ovo, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, isogenetic, lineal, matroclinous, maturational, maturative, maturing, merogenetic, metagenetic, monogenetic, national, native, native to, natural, natural to, ontogenetic, organic, original, orthogenetic, pangenetic, parthenogenetic, patrimonial, patroclinous, phyletic, phylogenetic, physical, physiogenetic, phytogenetic, plasmatic, plasmic, pregnant, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, progressing, protogenic, protoplasmic, racial, radical, rudimentary, seminal, sporogenous, tachytelic, temperamental, totemic, tribal, unfolding, xenogenetic

Pronunciation

 * ge*net"ic

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: genetisch (1,2), erfelijk (2)
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Persian: تباری (tabaari)
 * Polish: genetyczny, genetyczna , genetyczne
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: (1), genetisk (2)
 * Telugu: జన్యు (janyu), జన్యుపరమైన (janyuparamaina)

Etymology
génétique

Adjective

 * 1) genetic