gengineeringn.
/ˌdʒɛn(d)ʒᵻˈnɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛndʒəˈnɪ(ə)rɪŋ/ Chiefly Science Fiction.
= genetic engineering n.
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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > genetics > branches of
eugenics1883
thremmatology1888
negative eugenics1908
phenogenetics1928
cytogenetics1930
genetic engineering1934
radiogenetics1934
population biology1935
population genetics1938
immunogenetics1947
gengineering1985
archaeogenetics1999
1985 E. Llewellyn in Analog Sci. Fiction/Sci. Fact Mar. 115/1 Gengineering—I thought it was crossbreeding crops. But a people who could build starships could engineer genes.
1987 Economist 19 Dec. 76/2 Joining an alien group-person—or ‘marrying out’, as some have called it—culminates 200 years of gengineering, and much else.
1998 Interzone Nov. 9/2 The original colonists had undergone extensive gengineering to adapt them to microgravity.
2004 B. Schlondrop Flight to Eden 12 The slightly increased gravity and artificial light, in conjunction with gengineering modifications, gradually forced the average shape of these subterranean humans down and out.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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