Synonyms for genetic
dʒəˈnɛt ɪkge·net·ic

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1. geneticadjective

   Synonyms:
   hereditary

2. geneticadjective

   relating to genetics or genes

   Synonyms:
   hereditary

3. geneticadjective

   caused by genes

   Synonyms:
   hereditary

4. geneticadjective

   of or relating to origin (genesis)

   1858: 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. — Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858

   Synonyms:
   hereditary

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1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genic, contagious, transmittable, ancestral, hereditary, genetical, patrimonial, inherited, communicable, transmissible, contractable, transmitted, catching

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

2. genic, genetic, geneticaladjective

   of or relating to or produced by or being a gene

   "genic combinations"; "genetic code"

   Synonyms:
   inherited, genic, familial, hereditary, genetical, transmitted, transmissible

   Antonyms:
   noninheritable, nonheritable

3. geneticadjective

   pertaining to or referring to origin

   "genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work"

   Synonyms:
   transmitted, familial, genetical, hereditary, transmissible, inherited, genic

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

4. genetic, geneticaladjective

   of or relating to the science of genetics

   "genetic research"

   Synonyms:
   familial, genic, hereditary, genetical, inherited, transmissible, transmitted

   Antonyms:
   nonheritable, noninheritable

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1. List of paraphrases for "genetic":

   genetics, gene, génétique, hereditary, dna, génétiques, genes, genetically, gene-based, linkage

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1. Lauren Kotwicki:

   The Blue Bell case demonstrates that we have better communication between federal, state and local partners when contamination does occur. In this case, South Carolina discovered the contamination through random sampling, and the genetic fingerprint was able to be matched to cases in Kansas. This enabled the FDA and states to investigate the production facilities and document contamination at the source.

2. Corrie Moreau:

   Museomics is the use of museum collections for genome sequencing and other analytical techniques that could not even be imagined when the majority of museum specimens were collected, what makes this so groundbreaking is that we can address questions that can not be answered any other way. This study is a great example of this since we can not go out and collect the Xerces blue butterfly and the only way to address genetic questions about this species is by turning to museum collections.

3. Prince Harry:

   It’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway, so we as parents should be doing the most we can to try and say, ‘You know what? That happened to me, I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.'.

4. Bence Viola:

   These Denisovans who were all found have twice as much genetic diversity as Neanderthals and close to as much genetic diversity as we see in modern humans, which is pretty surprising.

5. Richard Oram:

   This is a genetic test which essentially means that it measures genetic risk factors for type 1 diabetes and it measures very simply and cheaply in a way that's easy to do, and it means that when a patient presents with diabetes we could measure that genetic risk and if the genetic risk is higher for type 1 diabetes it means they're very likely to have autoimmune type-1 diabetes, and if the genetic risk is low for type 1 diabetes then they're much more likely to have type 2 diabetes, the kind of diabetes associated with obesity.