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Chimeric
kʌɪˈmɛrɪk
Chimeric definitions
adjective
chimaerical
chimerical
- (of a mythical animal) formed from parts of various animals
"the design is based on a chimeric creature with the body of a turtle and the head of a dragon"
- hoped for but illusory or impossible to achieve
"the notion of tolerance is a chimeric dream"
- relating to or denoting an organism containing a mixture of genetically different tissues, formed by processes such as fusion of early embryos, grafting, or mutation
"the creation of chimeric mice has proven to be a valuable tool in the field of immunology"
- relating to or denoting a DNA molecule with sequences derived from two or more different organisms, formed by laboratory manipulation
"we discovered chimeric RNAs in the tumour samples"