recombinant adjective & noun. [rɪ'kɒmbɪnǝnt] M20.
[from RECOMBINE verb + -ANT¹.]
Genetics. (Of, pertaining to, or designating) an organism, cell, or piece of genetic material formed by natural or artificial recombination.
recombinant DNA: produced artificially by joining segments of DNA from different organisms.

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