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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity;
- Example: "an inherited disease"
- Example: "familial traits"
- Example: "genetically transmitted features"
[syn: familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]

2. of or relating to or produced by or being a gene;
- Example: "genic combinations"
- Example: "genetic code"
[syn: genic, genetic, genetical]

3. pertaining to or referring to origin;
- Example: "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work"

4. of or relating to the science of genetics;
- Example: "genetic research"
[syn: genetic, genetical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Genetic \Ge*net"ic\ (j[-e]*n[e^]t"[i^]k), a.
   1. Same as Genetical.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to genes or genetics; as, the genetic
      code.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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