genetic
Other forms: genetics
Anything genetic has to do with your genes and DNA. You inherited your mom's eye color because it's genetic.
Genetic traits run in families: biological families, anyway. Anything genetic is related to your DNA, the material you inherited from your biological parents. Hair color, eye color, and other physical traits are genetic, and so are some diseases. Scientists do genetic research to see how knowing what’s in your genes could help keep you well. If you're healthy, one reason is good genetics.
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of or relating to the science of genetics“genetic research”
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synonyms:
genetical
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of or relating to or produced by or being a gene
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occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
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synonyms:
familial, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted
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heritable, inheritable
capable of being inherited
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heritable, inheritable
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pertaining to or referring to origin“genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work”
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