genetic
/dʒɪˈnetɪk/adjective
1
- of or relating to genes or heredity基因的; 遗传的：
all the cells in the body contain the same genetic information.
体内全部细胞都含有同样的遗传信息。
1.1
- of or relating to genetics（与）遗传学（有关）的：
an attempt to control mosquitoes by genetic techniques.
用基因技术灭蚊的尝试。
2
- of or relating to origin; arising from a common origin（有关）起源的; 有共同起源的：
the genetic relations between languages.
语言之间的共源关系。
派生词
genetical
adjectivegenetically
adverb词源
mid 19th cent. (in sense 2)： from GENESIS, on the pattern of pairs such as antithesis, antithetic.