genetic

adjective

1. geneticsRelating to genetics or genes.

2. Caused by genes.

3. Of or relating to origin (genesis).

4. linguisticsBased on shared membership in a linguistic family.

   “Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.”

5. theologyBased on a shared membership in a religious family.

6. Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   “an inherited disease”

   “familial traits”

   “genetically transmitted features”

   Similar: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible

7. Of or relating to or produced by or being a gene

   “genic combinations”

   “genetic code”

   Similar: genic, genetical

8. Pertaining to or referring to origin

   “genetic history reconstructs the origins of a literary work”