Usually means: Combination of different genetic materials.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. chimeric: Merriam-Webster
  2. chimeric: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chimeric: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chimeric: Vocabulary.com
  5. Chimeric, chimeric: Wordnik
  6. chimeric: Wiktionary
  7. chimeric: Dictionary.com
  8. Chimeric: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Chimeric: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. chimeric: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. chimeric: Rhymezone
  12. Chimeric: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. chimeric: FreeDictionary.org
  14. chimeric: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Chimeric: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. chimeric: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. chimeric: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. chimeric: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  4. chimeric: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chimeric)

▸ adjective:  Like a chimera.
▸ adjective:  Imaginary, fanciful.
▸ adjective:  (genetics) Pertaining to a genetic chimera.

Similar:
chimeral, chimerical, chimaeric, centauresque, trimerical, chimneyed, metamerous, bimorphic, hybrid, bimorphous, more...

Opposite:
realistic, genuine, authentic, factual, truthful

Types:
human, chimpanzee, mouse, rat, dog, cat, pig, cow, chicken, rabbit, more...

Phrases:
chimeric gene, chimeric protein, chimeric antibody, chimeric antibodies, chimeric dna, more...

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Similar:
chimeral, chimerical, chimaeric, centauresque, trimerical, chimneyed, metamerous, bimorphic, hybrid, bimorphous, more...

Opposite:
realistic, genuine, authentic, factual, truthful

Types:
human, chimpanzee, mouse, rat, dog, cat, pig, cow, chicken, rabbit, more...

Phrases:
chimeric gene, chimeric protein, chimeric antibody, chimeric antibodies, chimeric dna, Chimeric antigen receptor T cell, more...



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