chimeric
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
/kɪˈmɛɹɪk/(UK)
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/kɪˈmɛɹɪk/(UK) · /kaɪˈmɛɹɪk/(UK)
Definition of chimeric
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Like a chimera.
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adj
- Like a chimera.
- Imaginary, fanciful.
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Pertaining to a genetic chimera.
“Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized.”
“Chimeric embryos are made by injecting cells or genetic material from one species into the embryo of another.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From chimera + -ic.
Words you can make from chimeric
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