genetic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    transmissible; familial; hereditary; transmitted; inherited.
    • an inherited disease
    • familial traits
    • genetically transmitted features
  2. adjective of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
    genetical; genic.
    • genic combinations
    • genetic code
  3. adjective pertaining to or referring to origin
    • genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work
  4. adjective of or relating to the science of genetics
    genetical.
    • genetic research

WordNet


Ge*net"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Same as Genetical.

Webster 1913