Associations to the word «Recombinant»

Wiktionary

RECOMBINANT, adjective. Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase recombinant DNA referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species.
RECOMBINANT, noun. An organism, cell, or haplotype formed by genetic recombination.
RECOMBINANT DNA, noun. (genetics) DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host

Dictionary definition

RECOMBINANT, noun. A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred.
RECOMBINANT, adjective. Of or relating to recombinant DNA.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky